GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFGE)
Florida Boss Indicted for Embezzling $40,000
Am. Fed. of Gov't Employees Local 507's ex-president Diana M. Morgan
was indicted Aug. 19 on federal mail fraud charges after investigators
accused her of embezzling $40,000 worth of union dues for her personal
use from Nov. 1996 to Jan. 1999. The indictment said the boss wrote a series
of checks for $28,400 to herself and eight checks for $2,780 to her teenage
daughter. She also reportedly made $1,770 in ATM withdrawals. It
also said she used union funds to pay personal creditors, including her
rent, a personal loan and car payments. She also reportedly bought $610
worth of Disney World tickets with a union check.
As president, Morgan had full check-signing power for accounts that held dues for Local 507 in Riviera Beach, Fla. Morgan left her union post and her $28,798-a-year lab technician job at a Veterans Admin. Medical Center in Mar. Asst. U.S. Attorney Bruce Reinhart said he chose the mail fraud charge because a suitable federal embezzlement charge didn't exist. The boss was released on a $50,000 bond. [Sun-Sentinel & Palm Beach Post 8/20/99]
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