IRON WORKERS (BSORIW)
Boss West Hit with More Charges
A superceding indictment was returned Dec. 12 in U.S. Dist. Court for
the Dist. of Columbia against Jake West,
ex-president and now president emeritus of the Int'l Ass'n of Bridge, Structural,
Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers. The new indictment contained
the same 49 counts that were in the Aug. 29 indictment that accused him
of embezzling some $50,000. It adds one count of conspiracy to embezzle,
defraud, and file false reports and one count of obstruction of justice.
West is one of six BSORIW officials charged
with corruption; the other five have pled guilty. [DOL 12/12/01]
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