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
April 29th, 2008
On April 29, 2008, in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Mary Hartsock, former office manager of Laborers Local 1358 (located in Elmira Heights, N.Y.), was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $17,958. On October 29, 2007, Hartsock pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds in the same amount. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Buffalo District Office.
October 29th, 2007
On October 29, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Mary Hartsock, former office manager of Laborers Local 1358 in Elmira, NY, pled guilty to embezzling funds of a labor organization. Hartsock admitted to taking $17,958 in receipts from the local between January 2002 and January 2007. This plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Buffalo District Office.