These investigations by OLMS District Offices involve issues such as embezzlements of union funds, union officer elections, the filing of required reports by unions and others with OLMS, and the imposition of trusteeships over subordinate unions by a parent body. These investigations may result in legal enforcement actions.
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April 13th, 2011
On April 13, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend, former President Loren Hanson and former Financial Secretary Jesse Daniels of Steelworkers Local 07-1011S (located in East Chicago, Ind.), were each charged in a superseding indictment with one count of embezzlement, in the amounts of $21,500 and $19,500 respectively, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c); one count of aiding and abetting in the embezzlement, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2; and one count of conspiracy in the embezzlement, in violation of 18 U.S.C 371. Daniels was previously indicted on a single count of embezzlement of $19,500 on January 12, 2011. The superseding indictment follows a joint investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office and the Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General.
January 12th, 2011
On January 12, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Jesse Daniels, former Financial Secretary of Steelworkers Local 7-1011S (located in East Chicago, Ind.), was indicted on one count of embezzlement of union funds totaling $19,500. The indictment follows a joint investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office and the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General.
November 6th, 2002
On November 6, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, David Allen Shaffer, former president of Steelworkers Local 07-8985-S, pled guilty to falsifying union records in order to conceal the embezzlement of $21,958 in union funds. The charge was brought following an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office. [Related documents: HTML | PDF]
