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Government Employees, Local 420 - Council Of Prisons

embezzlement charges

Office of Labor-Management Enforcement

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts both civil and criminal investigations of alleged violations of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) and related laws.

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.

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October 18th, 2016On October 18, 2016, in the Circuit Court of Preston County, West Virginia, Jared Henson, former President of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 420 (located in Bruceton Mills, W.Va.), was charged in a three-count indictment with two counts of grand larceny by embezzlement in a total amount in excess of $1,000, in violation of W.VA. Code 61-3-13 and 61-3-20, and one count of falsifying accounts, in violation of W. VA Code 61-3-22. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Philadelphia-Pittsburgh District Office and the Department of LaborÕs Office of Inspector General.