GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFSCME)
Manhattan Jury Convicts Boss of $670,000 Theft
A Manhattan jury convicted Am. Fed'n of State, County & Municipal
Employees Dist. Council 37 boss Richard Louis June 1 on charges of stealing
union funds. Louis was a boss under AFSCME
Local 372 boss Charles Hughes and his son
Martin. Charles Hughes
pled guilty in Apr. 2000 to stealing over $2 million. Hughes was one
of more than 20 officials of DC37 to have pled guilty in the ongoing union
corruption investigation.
Louis, now a resident of Miramar, Fla., was convicted of conspiracy and scheming to defraud as part of a May 1999 indictment charging him, Martin Hughes and Joseph Alfano with stealing over $670,000 by charging personal expenditures to their union credit cards. Reportedly, the expenditures included $78,000 for Super Bowl tickets, $10,000 for topless clubs and $5,250 for 1996 NCAA Final Four tickets. In May 2000, Martin Hughes pled guilty and Alfano was indicted on an additional charge. Louis faces up to seven years in prison when sentenced on July 6 by N.Y. Justice William Wetzer. [Newsday 6/2/00]
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