CARPENTERS (UBC)
Indiana Boss Admits $47,000 Theft (edited 01/16/02)
Robert D. Meyer, ex-secretary-treasurer
of United Bhd. of Carpenters Local 1481 in Gary, Ind., pled guilty
to a one-count information charging him with embezzling $47,346.40 in union
funds. He was charged Nov. 19. Meyer stole the funds by using the local's
ATM card for personal use over a two-year period. On what the funds
was spent was not determined. U.S. Dist. Judge Robert L. Miller,
Jr. (N.D. Ind., Reagan) set sentencing for Mar. 26. [DOL 12/6/01; USAO
N.D. Ind. 12/28/01]
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