LABORERS (LIUNA)
Maine Boss Admits $8,500 Theft
Ray R. Curtis pled guilty on May 10 in U.S. Dist. Court to embezzling
from Laborers' Int'l Union of N. Am. Local 327 in Augusta, Me. He is the
local's business manager and secretary-treasurer. He allegedly embezzled
$8,548 from 1997-99. A Dep't of Labor audit determined that he gave himself
109 paychecks over 91 weeks, wrongly receiving $7,704. It also found that
he used a union check to buy an $835 snowblower for his personal use. He
faces up to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised
release. Restitution may also be required. [Portland Press Herald 5/12/01]
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