LABORERS (LIUNA)
Texan Admits Union Embezzlement
Linda Chargois, ex-office secretary of Laborers'
Int'l Union of N. Am. Local 80 in Houston, pled guilty Apr. 1 to count
one (charging her with embezzling $57) of a 29-count indictment that had
charged her with embezzling a total of $35,171 in union funds. She allegedly
stole the funds in 29 transactions from Feb. 1998 to July 2000. The case
is assigned to U.S. Dist. Judge Richard A. Schell (E.D. Tex., Reagan .
[DOL 4/1/02; USAO E.D.Tex. 1/18/02]
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