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
August 24th, 2009
On August 24, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Steven Thomas, former Business Manager for Laborers Local 500 (located in Toledo, Ohio) was sentenced to five years probation with three months of location monitoring and 250 hours of community service. Thomas was also ordered to make outstanding restitution totaling $14,324.84. On May 11, 2009, Thomas pled guilty to one count of embezzling approximately $28,500 in union funds. The sentencing follows a joint investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office, Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General, and the FBI.
October 2nd, 2008
On October 2, 2008 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Thomas Leonard, former Recording Secretary of Laborers Local 500 (located in Toledo, Ohio), pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $4,386. The plea follows a joint investigation conducted by the OLMS Cleveland District Office, the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
