FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS (UFCW)
Californian's Plea Deal on Embezzlement Charged Delayed
Alan L. Axt, ex-vice-president of the United
Food & Commercial Workers Local 1288 Federal Credit Union, who is accused
of embezzling $237,335 , was given an extra two weeks Aug. 13 to consider
a plea deal being offered by federal prosecutors. Axt's attorney, David
Gottlieb, asked U.S. Dist. Judge Oliver W. Wanger (E.D. Cal., H.W. Bush)
to set the matter for Aug. 27 to give him more time to review the government's
offer. Axt, who is free on his own recognizance, was named in a one-count
grand jury indictment in June and accused of taking the money between Mar.
1999 and Nov. 2000, while he was vice-president of member services at the
Fresno, Cal. based credit union. Wanger set Sept. 25 as a trial date if
a plea agreement cannot be reached. [Fresno Bee 8/14/01]
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