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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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November 5th, 2020On November 5, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Douglas B. Dye, former unit chairman of United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local 12 (located in Toledo, Ohio), was sentenced to one year of probation on each of the two counts in the indictment (probation to run concurrently) and 60 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and a $125 special assessment. The court acknowledged that Dye previously paid restitution of $8,490. On July 15, 2020, Dye pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of labor union assets in the amount of $8,443 and one count of falsification of union records, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) and 439(c), respectively. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office.
July 15th, 2020On July 15, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Douglas B. Dye, former unit chairman for United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local 12 (located in Toledo, Ohio), pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of labor union assets in the amount of $8,443, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c), and one count of falsification of union records, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 439(c). The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office.
January 8th, 2020On January 8, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Douglas B. Dye, former unit chairman of United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local 12 (located in Toledo, Ohio), was indicted with one count of embezzlement and theft of labor union assets, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c), and one count of falsification of union records, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 439(c).  The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office.  
October 8th, 2009On October 8, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Daniel Reynolds, former president of PACE Local 05-1737 (located in Louisville, Ky.), was sentenced to 24 months probation on one count of embezzling union funds and 24 months probation on one count of destruction of union records, to be served concurrently. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $13,130 and a fine of $125. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office.
March 31st, 2008On March 31, 2008 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Kurt E. Swanstrom, former Financial Secretary and Treasurer of PACE/USW Local 5-1560, pled guilty to embezzling union funds in the amount of $12,328, falsification of union records, and filing a false financial report with the Secretary. On January 8, 2008, Swanstrom was indicted on one count of embezzling union funds in the same amount, one count of falsification of union records, and one count of filing a false labor organization report. The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
January 8th, 2008On January 8, 2008, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Kurt Swanstrom, former Financial Secretary and Treasurer of PACE/USW Local 5-1560, was indicted on one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $12,327, one count of falsification of union records, and one count of filing a false labor organization report. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
April 4th, 2007On April 4, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Ronald Schweitzer, former President of PACE Local 1967, was indicted on one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $58,305.30. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office.
November 13th, 2006On November 13, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Lawrence McGown, former Financial Secretary for PACE Local 02-74, was convicted of one count of embezzling union funds and sentenced to two years probation, fined $1,000, and barred from union office for 13 years. McGown was also required to make full restitution in the amount of $7,041.95 and pay a special assessment of $100. The conviction and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
October 27th, 2006On October 27, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Chiquita Durr, former Vice President of PACE Local 5-832, was convicted on one count of embezzling union funds and sentenced to six months home detention and three years probation. Durr was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,744.39 and to pay court costs of $100. On July 3, 2006, Durr pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $2,244. The conviction and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office.
August 8th, 2006On August 8, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Lawrence McGown, former Financial Secretary for PACE Local 02-74, pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $5,472.73. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
August 4th, 2006On August 4, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Peggy Sue Carnes, former Financial Secretary-Treasurer for PACE Local 5-621, was sentenced to two years probation, three months home confinement, and ordered to pay restitution to the local in the amount of $8,019.73. On May 12, 2006, Carnes pled guilty to embezzling union funds in the amount of $8,019.73 and making false entries in union records. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
July 28th, 2006On July 28, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Mark A. Carroll, former Treasurer for PACE Local 5-962, was sentenced to three years probation, eight months home confinement with electronic monitoring, and ordered to pay restitution to the local in the amount of $3,555.05. On March 24, 2006, Carroll pled guilty to embezzling union funds in the amount of $7,380.45. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
July 20th, 2006On July 20, 2006, and on July 17, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, James Bates and Jean Paul Grennay, former Vice President and President, respectively, of PACE Local 5-712, were each sentenced to two years probation. On May 25, 2006, Bates pled guilty to embezzling $4,412 in union funds. On April 11, 2006, Grennay pled guilty to embezzling $4,412 in union funds. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
June 19th, 2006On June 19, 2006, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, an information was filed against Michael A. Iasevoli, former Financial Secretary of PACE Local 745, charging him with one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of approximately $138,000. The information follows an investigation by the New Haven Resident Investigator Office.
May 9th, 2006On May 9, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Lawrence McGown, former Financial Secretary of PACE Local 02-74, was charged in a two count indictment with embezzling $5,472.73 in union funds. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
March 1st, 2006On March 1, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Jean Paul Grennay and James Bates, former President and Vice President, respectively, of PACE Local 5-712, were indicted on one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $4,411. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
March 1st, 2006On March 1, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, an information was filed against Mark A. Carroll, former Secretary-Treasurer for PACE Local 5-962, charging him with one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $7,380.45. The information follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
February 28th, 2006On February 28, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Peggy Carnes, former Financial Secretary-Treasurer for PACE Local 5-621, was indicted on one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $8,019.73, and one count of falsification of union records. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
January 31st, 2006On January 31, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Albert Moore, former Secretary-Treasurer for PACE Local 1-6992, was sentenced to six months home confinement, three years probation, and 400 hours of community service. Moore was also ordered to make full restitution of $36,327. Moore previously pled guilty to embezzling union funds. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Buffalo District Office.
October 3rd, 2005On October 3, 2005, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, George Beck, Jr., former Secretary-Treasurer of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE) Local 01-366 was sentenced to six months home confinement to be followed by two years of probation for embezzlement of union funds. He was also ordered to make restitution to the union in the amount of $26,918. Beck pled guilty to embezzling union funds on September 7, 2005. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston District Office.
September 26th, 2005On September 26, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Albert Moore, Jr., former Financial Secretary-Treasurer of PACE Local 6992, pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds totaling $36,327. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Buffalo District Office.
July 6th, 2005On July 6, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, Robert W. Watson, former secretary-treasurer of Local 8-748, PACE, was indicted for embezzling approximately $7,325 in union funds. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Seattle District Office.
April 7th, 2005On April 7, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Jonathan LaSalle Quinn, former secretary-treasurer of Local 6-126, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers (PACE), was sentenced to six months of home detention and three years probation. In addition, he was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $10,394.00 and a special assessment of $125.00. Quinn had previously pled guilty to embezzling more than $10,000 in union funds and falsifying union records, following an investigation by the OLMS Detroit District Office.
January 20th, 2005On January 20, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Glenda A. Woods, former secretary-treasurer of Local 3-543, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers Union (PACE), was sentenced to five years supervised probation and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $18,447.92. On September 30, 2004, Woods pled guilty to embezzlement and falsifying union records following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
December 1st, 2004On December 1, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Allan L. Spates, former president of Local 5-1250, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE), was sentenced for embezzlement. The sentence consists of 27 months imprisonment; 3 years supervised probation; and submission to random drug testing. Spates was ordered to make full restitution in the amount of $20,655.21. On May 28, 2004, Spates pled guilty to embezzling union funds following an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
November 23rd, 2004On November 23, 2004, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, George Beck Jr., former secretary-treasurer of Local 1-366, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE), was indicted on 26 counts of embezzling $10,232.96 in union funds. In addition, the indictment sought forfeiture of proceeds traceable to the commission of the alleged embezzlement, including, but not limited to, $26,835.05 and a BOSE Acoustic Wave Music System. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston District Office.
November 4th, 2004On November 4, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Jonathan LaSalle Quinn, former president of Local 6-126, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union ("PACE"), pled guilty to embezzling over $10,394.00 in union funds, and making false entries in union records. On August 20, 2004, Quinn was charged by indictment following an investigation by the OLMS Detroit District Office.
September 2nd, 2004On September 2, 2004, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Allan Cahill, former president of PACE Local 745, was sentenced to five years of probation (home confinement during the first four months) for embezzlement of union funds, and was ordered to participate in a substance abuse program. In addition, Cahill was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $9,532.19 and to pay a special assessment of $100. Cahill was previously indicted for embezzlement following an investigation by the OLMS New Haven Resident Investigative Office.
August 20th, 2004On August 20, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Jonathan Lasalle Quinn, former financial secretary-treasurer of PACE Union, Local 06-126, was indicted on one count of embezzling union funds in the amount $10,394.00, and one count of falsifying union records. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Detroit District Office.
July 1st, 2004On July 1, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, an indictment was filed against Glenda Ann Woods, former secretary-treasurer of PACE Local 3-543, charging her with one count of embezzling $18,447.92 in union funds and one count of making false entries in union records. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
May 28th, 2004On May 28, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Ohio, Allan Spates, former president of PACE Local 05-1250, pled guilty to three counts of embezzling $20,655.21 in union funds and one count of false statements. The guilty pleas follow an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
May 18th, 2004On May 18, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Darryl Maynard, former secretary-treasurer of PACE Local 07-816, pled guilty to one count of embezzling $7,309 in union funds. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
April 29th, 2004On April 29, 2004, in the United States District Court for Connecticut, Alan Cahill, former president of PACE Local 745, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with embezzling $9,582 in union funds. He had been indicted on January 26, 2004, following an investigation by the OLMS New Haven Resident Office.
April 20th, 2004On April 20, 2004 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Ray Burns, the former secretary-treasurer of PACE Local 326, was sentenced to three years probation for embezzlement. He was ordered to pay a $100 assessment and restitution totaling $29,587. On November 13, 2003, Burns pled guilty to one count of embezzling $29,587 in union funds. The sentence follows an investigation by the OLMS Philadelphia District Office.
January 26th, 2004On January 26, 2004, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Allen Cahill, former president of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE) Local 745, surrendered to federal marshals after an indictment was filed on October 7, 2003, charging him with one count of embezzlement and one count of willful violation of the reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements of the LMRDA. The indictment, which was sealed until his surrender, alleges that Cahill embezzled $42,047 in union funds by making unauthorized cash withdrawals, purchasing personal items with the union debit card, obtaining and keeping travel advances when he did not travel, receiving reimbursement for the travel of family members, obtaining duplicate expense reimbursements and taking unauthorized salary increases. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS New Haven Resident Investigator Office.
December 22nd, 2003On December 22, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Alan L. Spates, former president of PACE Local 5-1250, was charged with embezzling $29,746.28 in union funds and filing a false LM report. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
November 19th, 2003On November 19, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Ray Lynn Burns, former financial secretary-treasurer of Paper, Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) Local 326, plead guilty to one count of embezzling approximately $29,587 in union funds. The charges had been brought following an investigation by the OLMS Philadelphia District Office (the case was transferred from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to the Northern District of Alabama pursuant to Rule 20 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the consent of the parties).
August 12th, 2003On August 12, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Robert Lee Nick, former President of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers (PACE) Local 6-921 pled guilty to a charge of failure to maintain union records. On May 22, 2003, Nick was indicted on charges of embezzling $3,525.00 in union funds and failing to maintain required records. These charges result from an investigation by the OLMS Detroit District Office.
July 25th, 2003On July 25, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Steve Floyd, former secretary-treasurer of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) Local 05-152, was sentenced to three years probation. Conditions of probation included serving the first six months in home confinement and paying restitution in the amount of $27,882.00. On March 13, 2003, Floyd pled guilty to three counts of embezzling union funds following an investigation by the OLMS St. Louis District Office.
June 18th, 2003On June 18, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Darryl C. Maynard, former secretary-treasurer of PACE Local 7-816, was indicted for embezzling $7,509 and falsifying union records. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
May 8th, 2003On May 8, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Jerry Lynn Seay, former president of PACE Local Union 3-501, and his wife Peggy Seay were sentenced to three years supervised probation and ordered to make restitution in the amounts of $6,940 and $1,248.30, respectively. They had previously plead guilty to embezzlement, forgery, and making false entries in required union records on May 8, 2003 following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
May 7th, 2003On May 7, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Steve Floyd, former secretary-treasurer of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) Local 05-152, pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds. Floyd, who was indicted on March 13, 2003, admitted to embezzling approximately $27,000 in union funds by writing checks to both himself and others that were not authorized and were for his personal benefit. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS St. Louis District Office.
April 23rd, 2003On April 23, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Randy Carr, former president of PACE Local 4-575, was charged in a one-count indictment with embezzling $30,631.89 in union funds. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS New Orleans District Office.
March 13th, 2003On March 13, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Steve Floyd, former secretary-treasurer of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) Local 05-152, was indicted on three counts of embezzling a total of $27,882 in union funds and one count of falsifying union records. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS St. Louis District Office.
December 2nd, 2002On December 2, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Barbara A. Ryan, former financial secretary of PACE Local 5-626, was sentenced to fifteen months in prison followed by two years of supervised probation. Ryan pled guilty on August 5, 2002, to embezzling $117,734.18 from her union and entering into a scheme to defraud her employer, BP Chemicals, of $33,578.59 for work she did not perform. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office and the FBI.
November 1st, 2002On November 1, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Jerry Seay, former president of PACE Local 3-501, was indicted on one count of embezzling $6,949 in union funds. In a separate indictment also returned on November 1, 2002, Mr. Seay's wife, Peggy Seay, was charged with 18 counts of making, uttering and possessing a forged security belonging to PACE Local 3-501 and four counts of falsification of union records. Mrs. Seay used the forged securities (i.e., union checks) to convert $1,348 in union funds to her own use. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
September 23rd, 2002On September 23, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Mike Bruce, former secretary-treasurer of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers (PACE), Local 5-80, was sentenced to one month of home detention followed by three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $6,923 in restitution to the union. He previously pled guilty to making false entries in required union records to conceal his embezzlement of $6,923 in union funds after he was charged in a two-count indictment following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
August 5th, 2002On August 5, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Barbara A. Ryan, former financial secretary of Local 5-626 of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE), was indicted for embezzling $117,734.18 in union funds and entering into a scheme to defraud her employer, BP Chemicals, of $33,578.59 for work she did not perform. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office and the FBI.
April 9th, 2002On April 9, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Robert Michael Bruce, former financial secretary of Local 5-0080 of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE), was indicted on one count of embezzling $5,546 in union funds and one count of making false entries in union records. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
October 26th, 2001On October 26, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Shawn Drake, former secretary-treasurer of Local 736 of the Paper, Allied-Industrial Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement of union funds. He was sentenced to 21 months in jail, three years probation, and was ordered to make restitution of $21,376. He had been indicted on February 14, 2001 following an investigation by the OLMS Minneapolis Resident Investigator Office.
September 18th, 2001On September 18, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Angela Smith, secretary-treasurer of Local 1325 of the Paper Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers (PACE), was sentenced to 120 days home confinement with four years supervised probation and was ordered to make restitution to the union in the amount of $4,524.95. She had earlier pled guilty to embezzling union funds following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
March 23rd, 2001On March 23, 2001, in the United Sates District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Steven Lathrop and Randy Kamp, former treasurer and president, respectively, of Local 07-9937 of the Paper, Allied-Industrial Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE), entered guilty pleas to informations charging them with embezzling $52,997 in union funds. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS St. Louis District Office.
February 14th, 2001On February 14, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Shawn Drake, former secretary-treasurer of Local 736 of the Paper, Allied-Industrial Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE), was indicted on one count of embezzling $17,419 in union funds. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Minneapolis Resident Investigator Office.