On March 25, 2022, Edmunds pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling $2,224,455 in union funds and one count of money laundering, in violation of 29 U.S.C. A locked padlock On November 30, 2021, Roberts pleaded guilty to three counts of embezzlement, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 1343. 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. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Dallas-New Orleans District Office. .manual-search-block #edit-actions--2 {order:2;} On September 4, 2019, Rose pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to make and cause to be made false entries in records required to be kept by a labor union, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ), 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. The guilty verdict follows an investigation by the OLMS Honolulu Resident Investigator Office, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, and the State of Hawaii Attorney Generals Office. As a result of the collaboration of federal, state, and local law enforcement officials, law-abiding citizens who live in these neighborhoods will be safer without these magnets for crime in their midst.. Fax: (619) 546-0720 501(c). .agency-blurb-container .agency_blurb.background--light { padding: 0; } On April 28, 2022, in the County Court of Buffalo County, Nebraska, Rodney Schuller, former President of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2063 (located in Grand Island, Neb. 501(c). On December 16, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Stacy Staples, an associate of a former employee of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) national union (located in Washington, D.C.), was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay $44,748 in restitution. Authorities arrested a dozen of the. On April 7, 2022, in the United States District Court, District of Rhode Island, Jesus Jose Mendez, a Woonsocket, Rhode Island businessman (an employer/owner of two construction industry companies one unionized and one non-union), pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ), was indicted for embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $112,594, in violation of 29 U.S.C. He was ordered to pay $1,963,740 in restitution, and a $1,000,000 fine. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Detroit-Milwaukee District Office and the Employee Benefits Security Administration. In 2021, following a jury trial, Tagliaferro was found guilty of conspiracy, conversion of union assets, and honest services wire fraud, sentenced to five years in prison, and was ordered to pay $145,065 in restitution and $296,400 in forfeiture. The criminal information states that Norris was part of a conspiracy to embezzle $503,600 from the union by using the union credit card to pay $60,000 in fraudulent invoices to fraudulent companies and purchasing $204,000 in gift cards for personal use, among other things. On February 15, 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. The operation resulted in 35 arrests and charges against 47 people,. On August 29, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Stacy Staples, an associate of a former employee of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National Union (located in Washington, D.C.), pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to embezzle $44,748 from the union, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. An indictment raises no inference of guilt. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Honolulu Resident Investigator Office, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, and the State of Hawaii Attorney Generals Office. 661. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office and the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General. 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. 1343 and 18 U.S.C. She was also ordered to pay $220,044 in restitution and a $100 special assessment. She then pleaded guilty to the charge. On September 28, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Daniel Hinton, former Vice President of United Steelworkers Local 253M (located in Simsboro, La. ), was sentenced to six months of home confinement concurrent with three years of probation. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Los Angeles District Office. On December 9, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Lee Ann Miyamura, former Executive Secretary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1260 (located in Honolulu, Hawaii), was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and a $25 special assessment. 1343. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston-Buffalo District Office and the New York State Police. On October 19, 2021, Foote pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of union assets, in violation of 29 U.S.C. [CDATA[/* >