GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFSCME)
Another Hughes Pleads Guilty
Martin Hughes pled guilty May 15
to billing AFSCME Local 372 for trips to the Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four
and visits to topless clubs. Hughes pled guilty to grand larceny in a Manhattan
court in a plea bargain that will get him 2 to 6 years in prison when he
is sentenced in July by Justice William Leibovitz. Hughes is one of more
than 20 officials of DC37 to have pled guilty in the union corruption probe.
Hughes was second vice-president of Local 372, representing school lunch workers. The local was headed by his father, Charles Hughes who pled guilty to corruption last month and will be sentenced to 3 to 9 years in prison.
Manhattan Dist. Atty. Robert M. Morgenthau said of the indictments in May 1999 that the defendants had used the Local 372 treasury "as their own private candy store." He added, "Funds contributed by hard-working municipal employees were looted for the defendants' personal benefit to support a lifestyle no union member could afford." [Newsday 5/16/00]
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