FLINT GLASS WORKERS (AFGWU)
Kentucky Boss Admits $14,400 Theft
Raymond F. Pendygraft, ex-financial secretary of Am. Flint Glass Workers
Union Local 1009 in Danville, Ky., pled guilty Feb. 20 to one count of
embezzling $14,419.23 in union funds from 1996 to Dec. 1999. U.S. Dist.
Judge Jennifer B. Coffman (E&W.D. Ky., Clinton) in Lexington set sentencing
for June 6. Pendygraft faces a maximum of five years in prison followed
by three years supervised release plus a $250,000 fine. Based on his conviction,
he will also be prohibited from serving as an officer in any labor organization
for 13 years. [DOL 2/20/02; USAO E.D. Ky. 2/20/02]
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