FLINT GLASS WORKERS (AFGWU)
Pennsylvania Boss Admits to $59,000 Embezzlement
Emerson Frederick, ex-secretary-treasurer of Am. Flint Glass Workers
Union Local 555 in New Brighton, Pa., pled guilty Mar. 13 to embezzling
approximately $59,000 from the local. Over six years, he wrote 79 checks
from union accounts to himself, made 22 unauthorized withdrawals and failed
to deposit union dues. He's free on bond and scheduled to be sentenced
June 23. He faces up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines or both.
He also will be barred from union office for 13 years. [Pitt. Post-Gazette
3/14/00]
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