National Legal and Policy Center -- Organized Labor Accountability Project
 
UNION CORRUPTION UPDATE
 
June 9, 2003 -- Vol. 6, Issue 12

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


 ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (IUEC)
Ex-Union Warden Sentenced for Role in Multi-Million$ Fraud Scheme in NYC
On May 27, in the U.S. Dist. Court for the Eastern Dist. of New York, Terrance Carr, former warden of Elevator Constructors Local One, was sentenced to two years probation and 100 hours of community service. He was ordered to pay a total of $6,225.34 in restitution and $2,100 in assessments. He had pled guilty on March 10, 2003 to a superceding information charging him with making false statements in violation of 18 USC 1001. The charges had been brought following a joint investigation by the New York branch of the U.S. Ofc. of Labor-Mgmt. Standards, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, the FBI, and the IRS.  For a full report of the scheme Carr played a part in, please go to http://www.nlpc.org/olap/ucu3/05_04_02.htm. [OLMS, 6/4/03]

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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