GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFGE)
Cincinnati Boss Indicted for False Travel Claims to Federal Government
On June 20, in U.S. Dist. Court for the S. Dist. of Ohio, Emanuel Graham,
president of Am. Fed'n of Gov't Employees Local 2031 in Cincinnati, was
indicted on 16 counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 287 by filing false
claims for travel and per diem expenses with the Veterans Admin. when he
had already been reimbursed for those expenses by the union. He was indicted
on 16 additional counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 641 for theft of
U.S. Government money corresponding to those claims. [DOL 6/20/01]
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