GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFSCME)
New Jersey Family Guilty of $200,000 Embezzlement
Victor Garcia, Sr., the ex-president of the Nat'l Union of Hosp. &
Health Care Employees District 1199J and his son, Victor Garcia Jr., the
district's ex-pension fund assistant executive director, were found guilty
Sept. 28 of conspiring to embezzle about $200,000 from the pension fund.
The N.J. based Dist. 1199J is part of the Am. Fed'n of State, County &
Mun. Employees. The jury in U.S. Dist. Court in Newark deliberated about
12 hours over three days before returning its verdict.
Senior was also found guilty of conspiring to receive about $200,000 in cash kickbacks from a general contractor who, from 1994-97, made about $6 million in renovations to a building. The contractor, among other things, paid for the repair of Senior's car in order to retain the union contract. [USAO D.N.J., Media Release 9/28/00]
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