TRANSPORTATION UNION (UTU)
Syracuse Boss Pleads Guilty for Falsification Charge
Michael G. Brown, secretary-treasurer of United Transp. Union Local
1007 in Syracuse, N.Y., pled guilty Feb. 13 before U.S. Magis. Judge Gary
J. Sharpe (N.D.N.Y.) to making false entries in union records to conceal
theft. A one-count information was brought on Feb. 7 and alleged that the
crimes occurred from Jan. 1999 to June 2001. According to the plea agreement,
Brown wrote unauthorized union checks to himself for alleged reimbursed
Local Committee of Adjustment (LCA) expenses which he did not record in
the local's LCA ledger. He confessed that the funds belonged to the local
and that he used them for his own personal expenses. The amount of funds
taken was not disclosed, but Brown must make full restitution under the
terms of the plea agreement. There was no reason given for why a union
embezzlement charge was not brought. Sentencing is tentatively scheduled
for Mar. 20. [USAO N.D.N.Y. 2/22/02; DOL 2/13/02]
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