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Laborers, Local 1184

Officials Sentenced

Office of Labor-Management Enforcement

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts both civil and criminal investigations of alleged violations of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) and related laws.

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 10th, 2006On April 10, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Leslie Bell, former bookkeeper for Laborers Local 1184, was sentenced to eighteen months incarceration followed by three years of supervised probation for embezzling union funds. Bell was ordered to pay $156,423.41 in restitution to the union's bonding company, a $100 assessment, and to undergo periodic drug testing. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Los Angeles District Office.