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.
Date
Description
June 2nd, 2002
On June 2, 2002, in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, Ygnacio Angel, former president of Postal Workers Local 402, was sentenced to six months home confinement with electronic monitoring and two years probation and was ordered to make restitution of $1,646.16 in addition to the $6,000 voluntary restitution previously made. He had earlier pled guilty to one records violation count following an investigation by the OLMS Denver District Office.
October 3rd, 2001
On October 3, 2001, in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, Ygnacio Angel, former president of American Postal Workers Local 402, pled guilty to an information charging him with false recordkeeping in violation of 29 U.S.C. 439(c). The charges had been brought following an investigation by the OLMS Denver District Office.