Jeffrey Baker

Ohio Machinists Local Officer Sentenced for Records Fraud

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 18:18

On April 7, Jeffrey Baker, former co-chairman of the Picket Committee of International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 1943, was sentenced to 180 days home confinement and two years probation, and ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and a $25 special assessment for making a false entry in union records. An investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management earlier had determined that Baker misappropriated more than 100 strike pay checks and forged member signatures on most of them. He pleaded guilty in January and made restitution in the amount of $16,050. (OLMS, 4/21/09).

New Jersey Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 01:00

On January 15, Richard Klemser, former treasurer of International Association of Machinists Lodge 1041 in West Long Branch, N.J., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to embezzling roughly $60,000 during January 2004-March 2008.  The guilty plea follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department.  (OLMS, 1/28/09).

 

Committee Co-Chairman in Ohio Pleads Guilty to Records Fraud

Florida Local Secretary-Treasurer Indicted for Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 01:00

On November 19, Tarris Dallas, former financial secretary of Local 9-415 of United Steelworkers of America, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on one count of embezzling funds from the Fernandina Beach union in the approximate amount of $105,000.  The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.  (OLMS, 12/12/08).

 

Minnesota Local Financial Secretary Sentenced for Thefts

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