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
May 1st, 2013
On May 1, 2013, Joseph Allen, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 588 in Athens, Georgia, was sentenced to one year in prison, one year of probation, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $50,000. In March 2013, Allen pled guilty to one count of filing a false report. The investigation found that Allen took out a bank loan in the union’s name without authorization of the executive board or membership. Allen also used the union’s credit and debit cards for personal purchases and wrote unauthorized checks to himself and for personal purchases. This investigation was conducted jointly with the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General and U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General.
