PLUMBERS & PIPE FITTERS (UA)
Arkansasan Admits $67,300 Theft
On Apr. 25, L. Ann Brockman, ex-bookkeeper
for United Ass'n of Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Local 155 in Little Rock,
Ark., pled guilty to one count of union embezzlement and agreed to make
full restitution of $67,338. It was previously reported that, Brockman
was indicted Feb. 5 on 26 counts of embezzling $11,621 from UA Local 665
in Pine Bluff, Ark. The exact relationship between the two reports was
unavailable. [DOL 4/25/02, 2/5/02]
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