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
December 16th, 2019
On December 16, 2019, in the Trial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester District Court, Darius Pourfarzaneh, former Trustee of Stage and Picture Operators, AFL-CIO, Local 935-B (located in Worcester, Mass.), pleaded guilty to one count of larceny over $250, in violation of Massachusetts G.L. c.266, §30(1). He was then sentenced to four years of probation and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $6,870. The guilty plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Boston-Buffalo District Office.
July 30th, 2007
On July 30, 2007, in Superior Court for the District of Columbia, Bradley Burton, former Executive Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, was charged with one count of second degree theft for causing the AFL-CIO to pay $7,663.34 in meal expenses for his wife. Subsequently, Burton pled guilty to the information and received a suspended sentence of 180 days in jail, 70 hours of community service, probation for one year, a $350 fine and was ordered to make any restitution that had not already been repaid. The information, plea and sentence follow an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office.
July 23rd, 2003
On July 23, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, an information was filed charging Howard Roundtree, former Recording Secretary of Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO (ILA) Local 1759, with one count of knowingly causing false statements and representations of fact in a document required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Roundtree waived indictment and pled guilty to the charge following an investigation by the OLMS Atlanta District Office.