GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFSCME)
New Jersey Boss Admits $23,000 Embezzlement (information added
3/21/02)
Stephen Burks, ex-comptroller of
Am. Fed'n of State, County, & Mun. Employees Council 71 in Williamstown,
N.J., pled guilty Mar. 4 to embezzling in more than of $23,000 in union
funds. Allegedly, he embezzled the funds from Sept. 1997 to Jan. 1999.
The local was within the jurisdiction of federal anti-union-corruption
law because it represented employees at private sector nursing homes. He
was indicted on May 15, 2001. The case is assigned to U.S. Dist. Judge
Joel A. Pisano (D.N.J., Clinton). [DOL 3/4/02; USAO D.N.J. 3/18/02]
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