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
March 20th, 2014
On March 20, 2014, in the United States Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, John Vetterly, Jr., former President of Utility Workers Local 475 (located in Rochester, Pa.), pled guilty to embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $26,605, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). On October 8, 2013, Vetterly was indicted for embezzlement and conspiracy to embezzle union funds. The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Philadelphia-Pittsburgh District Office.
October 8th, 2013
On October 8, 2013, in the United States Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, John Vetterly, Jr., former President of Utility Workers Local 475 (located in Pittsburgh, Pa.), was indicted for conspiracy to embezzle union funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 and 29 U.S.C. 501(c). Vetterly was indicted for embezzling union funds in the amount of $26,605. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
October 8th, 2013
On October 8, 2013, in the United States Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, John Baranski, former Secretary-Treasurer of Utility Workers Local 475 (located in Pittsburgh, Pa.), was indicted for conspiracy to embezzle union funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 and 29 U.S.C. 501(c). Baranski was indicted for embezzling union funds in the amount of $4,246. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
