GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (CSEA/AFSCME))
New York Boss Forged Checks for $111,000
Ex-Albany boss, Nancy Groome, admitted July 11 that she embezzled more
than $111,000 from Civil Serv. Employees Ass'n Local 316, which is a subunit
of Am. Fed'n of State, County & Mun. Employees Local 1000. She pled
guilty to one count of union embezzlement and told U.S. Dist. Judge Thomas
J. McAvoy (N.D.N.Y., Reagan) that she forged union checks to pay for groceries,
car insurance, and other personal expenses. Allegedly, she forged 319 checks
between 1993-99.
Groome wrote checks on a union account made out to herself. She also wrote checks to vendors for union-related training trips that she never took. She was Local 316's treasurer from 1980 until Mar. 2000. The checks were reportedly forged between July 22, 1993, and Nov. 2, 1999. CSEA rules require that checks be signed by the union president and the chief financial officer, but Groome reportedly forged those signatures. The missing funds were discovered during a union audit. She reportedly faces prison time and $111,476 in restitution when she is sentenced Nov. 1. [Times Union (Albany) 7/13/01]
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