Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 17:21
On April 2, William Thomas Brown, former financial secretary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 886 in New Hope, Minnesota, was convicted in Hennepin County District Court of theft of union funds in the amount of $6,467.05. He was sentenced to three years probation and 30 days of home electronic monitoring, and ordered to make restitution. The conviction follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards. (OLMS, 4/21/09).
Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 01:00
On December 3, Fidel R. Garza, former president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 2063 in Albuquerque, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico on 58 counts each for wire fraud and deprivation of honest services associated with the defrauding of the local by about $84,000.The charge follows an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor. (OLMS, 12/19/08).
Minnesota Local Financial Secretary Charged with Theft
On April 2, William Thomas Brown, former financial secretary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 886 in New Hope, Minnesota, was convicted in Hennepin County District Court of theft of union funds in the amount of $6,467.05. He was sentenced to three years probation and 30 days of home electronic monitoring, and ordered to make restitution. The conviction follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards. (OLMS, 4/21/09).
