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 17th, 2011
On June 17, 2011, in the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Michelle Facciolli, former President/Field Representative of Painters District Council 711 (located in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.), pled guilty to receiving a loan in excess of $2,000, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 503(a) and (c). Facciolli's sentencing is scheduled for September 2011. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS New Haven Resident Investigator Office.
October 25th, 2010
On October 25, 2010, in the United States District Court, Newark, NJ, Patrick Brennan, former Business Manager of Painters District Council 711 (located in Egg Harbor Township, NJ), was sentenced to six months incarceration and six months home confinement, and he was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $32,487.26. Brennan had previously pled guilty to embezzling $32,487.26 of funds from Painters District Council 711, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Newark Resident Investigator Office.
May 12th, 2010
On May 12, 2010, in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Patrick James Brennan, former Business Manager and Secretary Treasurer of International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 711 (located in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.), pled guilty to three counts of embezzlement of union funds. Brennan used the District Council’s credit card for his own benefit and personal use and that of others in the amount of $4,862.12; converted to his own use and the use of others the District Council’s property, specifically a union vehicle worth approximately $11,000, and issued himself unauthorized holiday bonuses between December 22, 2004 and December 14, 2006 totaling $8,652. The plea follows an investigation by the New York District Office.
