RETAIL UNION (RWDSU)
Florida Boss Indicted for $70,000 Theft
Jack D. Hatch, ex-president of Retail, Wholesale & Dep't Store
Union Local 43 in Dade City, Fla., was indicted on one count of embezzling
some $70,000 in union funds by charging excessive and unauthorized lost
time, making personal charges on the local's credit cards, and receiving
unauthorized expense reimbursements between Nov. 1996 and Mar. 2000.
[DOL 3/28/02; USAO M.D. Fla. 3/28/02]
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