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 30th, 2011
On June 30, 2011, in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, a federal jury convicted Gloria Porter, former President of National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local 2049 and former Secretary-Treasurer of the NFFE IAM Army Materiel Command (AMC) District Council (both located in Las Cruces, N.M.), of 105 counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft. Evidence at trial established that Porter executed a scheme to defraud Local 2049 and the AMC of $134,026. The jury deliberated for three hours before returning a guilty verdict on all counts. The trial and conviction follow an investigation by the OLMS Denver District Office.
