On November 14, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Terry Bean, former President of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2401 (located in Prescott, Ariz.), pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud resulting in a loss amount of $80,351, in violation of 18 U.S.C. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Dallas-New Orleans District Office. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office. 2022 Criminal Enforcement Actions. Press Release. On February 18, 2022, Vorlob pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling union funds totaling $12,827, in violation of 29 U.S.C. The FBI and Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Tribal Police Department are . Foote was also ordered to pay $86,268 in restitution and a $100 fine. 501(c). On November 29, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Michael Brittain, former assistant business manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1260 (located in Honolulu, Hawaii), was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and a $25 special assessment. He was also ordered to pay $148,213 in restitution as well as $149,735 in forfeiture. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Denver-St. Louis District Office. 7206(1), respectively. KANSAS CITY, Mo. On June 28, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Scott E. Rodgers, former President of National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) Local 314 (located in Hazelwood, Mo. On April 14, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Melba Norris, an associate of a former employee of the Service Employees International Union (located in Washington, D.C.), was charged in a criminal information with one count of embezzlement and one count of one count of conspiracy to embezzle union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Atlanta-Nashville District Office. 501(c). The guilty verdict follows an investigation by the OLMS San Francisco-Seattle District Office and the Department of Homeland Securitys Office of Inspector General. On October 12, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Frank Loconte, former NER Construction Management President, was indicted with four counts of mail fraud, one count of theft from an employee benefit plan, and four counts of false ERISA statements, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. 501(c). Vorlob was also ordered to pay $6,373 in restitution and a $100 special assessment. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Detroit-Milwaukee District Office. On May 11, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Anthony Jordan, former Secretary-Treasurer of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) Division 26 (located in Chester, Va.), pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from a labor organization totaling $30,519, in violation of 29 U.S.C. %PDF-1.5 On August 11, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Glenn Lovelace, former business manager for Insulators Local 114 (located in Brandon, Miss. ), pleaded guilty to 26 counts of wire fraud totaling $35,900 for checks written from the unions bank account, one count of false statements for filing a false LM-3 report, and three counts of filing false tax returns in the amount of $233,970, which resulted in fraudulent refunds totaling $18,237, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Roberts was also ordered to pay $45,916 in restitution and a $300 special assessment. He was also ordered to pay $47,851 in restitution and a $100 special assessment. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Dallas-New Orleans District Office. Little pleaded guilty to embezzling $503,600 from the union by using the union credit card to purchase personal items, to pay several shell companies created by Little and her co-conspirator, to purchase more than $200,000 in gift cards that she used for personal purchases, and booking personal travel costs for family, friends, and associates through the unions travel booking platform and then keeping the money that they paid to a fake company that she created. In addition, Sanchez-Ortiz, Pastrana-Gonzalez, and Clemente-Rivera were charged with conspiracy to violate the Taft Hartley Act and money laundering conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. On November 30, 2021, Roberts pleaded guilty to three counts of embezzlement, in violation of 29 U.S.C. On December 21, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Brian Fiocca, former employee of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98 (located in Philadelphia, Pa.), pleaded guilty to five counts of embezzlement of union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. The sentencings follow a joint investigation by the OLMS New York District Office, the Public Corruption Unit of the U.S. Attorneys Office SDNY, the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General, and the New York City Department of Investigation. He then pleaded guilty to the charge. The sentencing follows a joint investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office, the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General, the FBI, and the IRS. An indictment raises no inference of guilt. 501(c). 1344(2), 29 U.S.C. 371. On May 19, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Brian Gerald, former Financial Secretary of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 13-189 (located in Bogalusa, La. 501(c), respectively. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. Postal Services Office of Inspector General. He was ordered to pay $1,963,740 in restitution, and a $1,000,000 fine. The return of an indictment is a method of informing a defendant of alleged violations of federal law, which must be proven in a court of law beyond a . The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office. Ahakuelo engaged in a conspiracy to divert union funds and property by hiring family members at inflated salaries (some of whom did little or no actual work for the union) and authorized the use of union funds for personal travel, a vehicle, and dining expenditures. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Dallas-New Orleans District Office. 29, 2022, during a shooting that occurred on N. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned by the Grand Jury. On October 5, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Melba Norris, an associate of a former employee of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) (located in Washington, D.C.), was sentenced to six months in prison followed by 24 months of probation. On October 19, 2021, Foote pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of union assets, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). 371, respectively. The .gov means its official. The guilty plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Los Angeles District Office and the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. 439(b). ol{list-style-type: decimal;} Before sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal government site. Baumgarner previously made restitution totaling $6,600. 501(c) and 439(c), respectively. As in all criminal cases, each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The charge and guilty plea follow an investigation by the OLMS Atlanta-Nashville District Office. On June 21, 2021, Shepherd pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from a labor organization, in violation of 29 U.S.C. Plaintiff: Amie O'Boyle. On May 11, 2022, Deal pleaded guilty to one count of making false entries, in violation of 29 U.S.C. The guilty plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Boston-Buffalo District Office. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Detroit-Milwaukee District Office. div#block-eoguidanceviewheader .dol-alerts p {padding: 0;margin: 0;} The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Minneapolis Resident Investigator Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General. <>>> 1341, 664, and 1027, respectively, which resulted in a total loss of $1,094,504 to the Massachusetts and Northern New England Laborers District Council of the Laborers International Union of North America and the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local 3. Jordan had previously paid full restitution of $30,519. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. ), was indicted with one count of embezzling $12,360 from an employee benefit plan and one count of embezzling $51,350 from a labor union, in violation of 18 U.S.C. On March 22, 2022, in the 404th Judicial District Court of Cameron County, Texas, Michael Paul Garza, former President and Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 1093 (located in Brownsville, Tex. On April 21, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Emerald Keever, former bookkeeper for Sheet Metal and Air Transportation Union (SMART) Local 16 (located Portland, Ore.), was indicted for embezzlement of union funds and wire fraud in the amount of $189,119, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). ), pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling union funds totaling $12,827, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c), and 18 U.S.C. On May 10, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, James Darin Boatman, former President of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 617 (located in Fort Madison, Iowa), was indicted on one count of embezzling $74,231 from a labor union and one count of making a false entry in a union record, in violation of 29 U.S.C. On April 28, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Peggy Garrow, former President of American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3496 (located in Marquette, Mich.), pleaded guilty to one count of willfully falsifying a labor organization annual report, in violation of 29 U.S.C. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston-Buffalo District Office, the Department of Defenses Office of Inspector General, and the Internal Revenue Service. Coli previously paid $300,000 in restitution. Eastern District of Kentucky at London Amul R. Thapar 12-6301 Ronnie Bowling v. Scott Jordan aby 12-6343 Ronnie Bowling v. Scott Jordan aby Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Page 4 of 6. ), was charged with forgery of a security, the falsification of annual financial disclosure reports, and the embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $21,725, in violation of 18 U.S.C. On June 25, 2019, DeFalco and Salvatore Tagliaferro, former President of Carpenters Local 926 (located in Brooklyn, N.Y.) and a New York City District Council of Carpenters Representative, were indicted as co-conspirators on multiple charges for a scheme to sell union books or membership cards (union property) in exchange for cash bribes. #4 CourtExpress. On June 28, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Attia Little, former Property Services Division Operations Manager for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) (located in Washington, D.C.), was charged in a criminal information with one count of embezzlement from a labor organization and one count of conspiracy to commit embezzlement from a labor organization for embezzling $503,600 from the union, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 1343. The guilty verdict follows an investigation by the OLMS Honolulu Resident Office and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations. On December 14, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Laura Wilson, former President of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3694 (located Waddell, Ariz.), was charged in an information with one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 501(c). On September 14, 2022, in the United States District Court of Massachusetts, Michael Oldham, former President of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 1900 (located in Taunton, Mass. On March 1, 2022, in the District Court of Inglewood, California, Vida Sloan, former Treasurer of National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) Local 303 (located in Los Angeles, Calif.), pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft in the amount of $10,039, in violation of California Penal Code Section 487(A). On March 8, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, Nintay Edwards, former Financial Secretary of Steelworkers Local 8-694 (located in Richmond, Va.), was sentenced to 12 months of home detention and five years of probation. He then pleaded guilty to the charge. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office and the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General. 2; 18 U.S.C. 501(c). /*-->*/. Sloan was then sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay $10,039 in restitution. Finally, Pastrana-Gonzalez, Clemente-Rivera and three other union members (Victor F. Torres-Barroso, Jose A. Fernandez- Cruz, and Carlos A. Hernandez-Laguer) were charged with conspiracy to willfully convert funds and falsify records in an employee benefit plan and health care fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C 371 and 18 U.S.C. A guilty plea is a defendants admission to the court that he or she committed the offense charged and an agreement to waive the right to a trial. 1343, and 29 U.S.C. On July 11, 2022, McKale pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false federal income tax return, in violation 26 U.S.C. Defendant: Madison County, Kentucky, Steve Tussey and John Does 1-10. Application for Court Appointments Court Setting Request Instructions Dockets Docket Control Order Form (PDF) Fee Schedule Attorney Fee Voucher Form Request Setting Form 439(b), and 29 U.S.C. The guilty plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Dallas-New Orleans District Office. 501(c). On August 15, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Marie LeClair, former President of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2617 (located in Boston, Mass. 371 and 18 U.S.C. On August 24, 2022, in the Municipal Court of Franklin County, Ohio, Mary Wolff, former President of International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 7 (located in Columbus, Ohio), was charged with one count of theft valued at $7,500 or more, in violation of Ohio Revised Code 2913.02. On April 26, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Terry Lee Bean, former President of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2401 (located in Prescott, Ariz.), was charged in a 50-count indictment for wire fraud in the amount of $43,879, in violation of 18 U.S.C. On July 20, 2021, Snyder pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS San Francisco Seattle District Office. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. On March 18, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, Arthur Penn, former Chairman of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Defense Protective Service Labor Committee (located in Arlington, Va.), was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised probation. [CDATA[/* >