GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFSCME)
Ex-New York Boss Gets 1 to 3 Years
N.Y. Judge George Daniels in Manhattan sentenced Connie Lango, ex-treasurer
DC37 Local 384, Jan. 24 to 1 to 3 years in prison for stealing union funds.
She pled guilty in Aug. to two counts
of grand larceny and admitted to taking over $50,000. Prosecutors
believed she took as much as $190,000. She stole the money from May 1994
to Sept. 1995, by asking the local’s bank to issue checks payable to herself,
credit-card companies and car leasing firms. [Newsday 1/25/00]
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