National Legal and Policy Center -- Organized Labor Accountability Project
 
UNION CORRUPTION UPDATE
 
November 25, 2002 -- Vol. 5, Issue 24


For Influential Leaders & Important Decision Makers:
Information on America's most corrupt & aggressive unions


 
TEAMSTERS
Boston Teamsters Goon Sentenced for Racketeering
Federal Judge Reginald C. Lindsay (U.S.D.C. MA, Clinton) sentenced John J. "Mick" Murray to 9 yrs., 4 mos. in prison and 3 yrs. supervised release on Nov. Nov. 19 for racketeering, extortion, embezzlement and interstate transportation of stolen property. Still pending is an indictment of 8 others, incl. George W. Cashman and William Carnes, president and vice-president of Intl. Bhd. of Teamsters Local 25, on 179 counts of embezzlement from local health and pension funds.

Murray pled guilty on July 1 to plotting to steal computer equipment and guns with the help of Teamster drivers working for United Parcel Serv., and receiving $35,000 in fraudulent health benefits, which he must repay to the union. [U.S.A.O. Dist. MA 11/19/02]


Union Corruption Update is made possible by the generous contributions from readers like you. NLPC, PO Box 6821, Falls Church, VA 22040. Thank you. Union Corruption Update is part of NLPC's Organized Labor Accountability Project which is investigating and exposing corruption in the Teamsters, LIUNA, AFL-CIO and many other union organizations. NLPC is a nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation promoting ethics and accountability in government through research, education and legal action.

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