Timothy Pulvermacher

Secretary-Treasurer in Chicago Area Indicted for Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 00:00

On March 8, Keith H. Cook, former secretary-treasurer for United Transportation Union Local 620, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for embezzling more than $48,000 in union funds and making a false entry in union records.  Local 620 represents employees of the Burlington Santa Fe Railway in Cicero, Illinois.  (OLMS, 3/30/07). 

 

Michigan Secretary-Treasurer Sentenced for Cover-up of Thefts

Missouri Local Ex-President, Treasurer Convicted of Theft

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 12/04/2006 - 01:00

Mary Love and Danna France knew the value of teamwork – at least when it came to embezzling from their union.  Their combined take came to around $70,000.  Love, 51, a resident of northwest suburban St. Louis, during October 1998-December 2005 served as president of Local 96 of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents workers at the Jefferson Barracks and John Cochran VA hospitals.  During that time, the U.S. Attorney’s Office charged, she diverted more than $43,000 in union checks toward personal use.  On November 15, a federal jury convicted Love of theft and filing false records.  For her part, France, 42, who pleaded guilty in October, stole more than $26,000.  France is due for sentencing in January; Love is due in February.  (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11/17/06). 

 

Chicago-Area Business Manager Sentenced for Stealing

Detroit Ex-Local Secretary Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 10/09/2006 - 00:00

On August 29, Linda Holden, former financial secretary-treasurer for Local 639 of the United Steelworkers of America, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to one count of embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $74,090.  The guilty plea follows an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.  USWA Local 639 previously had been affiliated with the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE), where it was known as Local 6-639.  The change in affiliation is due to a merger, approved in April 2005, of the Steelworkers and PACE.  The new umbrella organization is known as the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union.  (OLMS, 9/25/06).

 

Former Local Business Agent in Southern Minnesota Charged

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