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embezzlement charges

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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January 20th, 2005On January 20, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Glenda A. Woods, former secretary-treasurer of Local 3-543, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers Union (PACE), was sentenced to five years supervised probation and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $18,447.92. On September 30, 2004, Woods pled guilty to embezzlement and falsifying union records following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
July 1st, 2004On July 1, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, an indictment was filed against Glenda Ann Woods, former secretary-treasurer of PACE Local 3-543, charging her with one count of embezzling $18,447.92 in union funds and one count of making false entries in union records. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
November 1st, 2002On November 1, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Jerry Seay, former president of PACE Local 3-501, was indicted on one count of embezzling $6,949 in union funds. In a separate indictment also returned on November 1, 2002, Mr. Seay's wife, Peggy Seay, was charged with 18 counts of making, uttering and possessing a forged security belonging to PACE Local 3-501 and four counts of falsification of union records. Mrs. Seay used the forged securities (i.e., union checks) to convert $1,348 in union funds to her own use. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.