CARPENTERS (UBC)
Indiana Dues Collector Pleads Guilty to $29,600 Embezzlement
On July 11, Michele T. Spragur, former office
secretary for United Bhd. of Carpenters Locals 364 and 1124 in Indianapolis,
pled guilty to two counts of embezzling a total of $29,673 in union funds
and two counts of destroying union records. A federal grand jury indicted
Spragur Apr. 18 on two counts each of union embezzlement, falsification
of union records, and destruction of union records. From 1995-98, she was
a secretary for the locals and responsible for collecting union dues. [DOL
7/11/01; USAO S.D. Ind. 4/18/01]
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