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Plumbers, Local 41

Officials Sentenced

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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September 7th, 2011On September 7, 2011, in the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Butte Division, Teresa Wilson, former office manager for Plumbers Local 41 (located in Missoula, Mont.) and former President of the Southwestern Montana Central Labor Council (CLC), was convicted of one count of 29 U.S.C. 501(c), Embezzlement from a Labor Union, one count of 18 U.S.C. 1344, Bank Fraud, and one count of 18 U.S.C. 1028A(a)(1), Aggravated Identity Theft. Wilson was sentenced to three years and one day of imprisonment, five years of supervised release after imprisonment, and was ordered to pay an assessment of $300 and restitution of $124,599. Wilson previously made restitution in the amount of $63,519. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Denver District Office.