ALLIED-INDUSTRIAL WORKERS (PACE)
Wisconsin Boss Stole $21,300 from Local
Ex-secretary-treasurer of Local 736 of the Paper, Allied-Indus. Chemical
& Energy Workers Int'l Union, Shawn Drake
pled guilty Oct. 26 to one count of embezzlement of union funds in U.S.
Dist. Court for the E. Dist. of Wis. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison,
3 years probation, and ordered to pay $21,376 in restitution. Drake was
indicted on Feb. 14. [DOL 10/26/01]
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