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
September 29th, 2009
On September 29, 2009, Six former officials of Teamsters 743 (located in Chicago, Ill.) were sentenced in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in connection with their roles in rigging the union’s 2004 officer election and its rerun. On August 27, September 1, September 3, 2009 and September 29, 2009 Robert Walston, Richard Lopez, Thaddeus Bania, Cassandra Mosley, David Rodriguez and Mark Jones, former President , Recording-Secretary, Comptroller, Business Agent, Organizer, and Head Organizer of Teamsters Local 743 Walston was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Lopez was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment and two years supervised release. Bania was sentenced to 40 months imprisonment and two years supervised release. Mosley was sentenced to one day in prison, six months in home confinement, and 18 months of additional supervised release. Rodriguez was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and two years of supervised release. Jones was sentenced to one year probation. Walston, Bania and Mosley were ordered to pay restitution totaling $900,936. Lopez and Rodriguez were ordered to pay restitution totaling $864,924. All orders for restitution payments are to be paid jointly and severally. The sentencings followed a joint investigation by OLMS Chicago District Office, the Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
