FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS (UFCW)
California VP Nearing Deal in Theft Case
David Gottlieb, attorney for Alan L. Axt,
ex-vice president of the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1288
Fed. Credit Union, told U.S. Dist. Judge Oliver W. Wanger (E.D. Cal., H.W.
Bush) that Axt will plead guilty to charges that he embezzled $237,335.
Axt, who is free on his own recognizance, was indicted in June on one-count
of taking the funds from the Fresno, Cal., credit union between Mar. 1999
and Nov. 30, 2000. Wanger set Aug. 13 as the date for a possible plea change
and Sept. 25 as a trial date if a deal can't be reached. [Fresno Bee 7/24/01]
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