LONGSHOREMEN (ILWU)
California Boss Charged with $210,000 Theft
A federal grand jury indicted Teresa Esther Sanchez, ex-financial secretary
of Int'l Longshoremen & Warehousemen Union Local 20A in Wilmington,
Cal., July 11 on three counts of embezzling union funds and two counts
of submitting false union reports to the Dep't of Labor. Sanchez was arrested
on May 15, 2000 on charges that she embezzled over $210,000 in union funds
and falsified union records during a seven-year period ending in Oct. 1999.
She was charged with writing and negotiating unauthorized checks to herself
and to cash. Sanchez appeared in U.S. Dist. Court on May 16 and was
released on $50,000 unsecured bond. Sanchez was elected in 1988 and served
in that position until she resigned in Dec. 1999. [USAO C.D. Cal., Media
Release 7/13/00]
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