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
January 13th, 2006
On January 13, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, Rebecca Bandt, former President of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 717, pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds totaling $14,065. Bandt had previously been indicted on September 14, 2005, in a 14-count indictment consisting of five counts of embezzling union funds, five counts of falsifying union records, and four counts of making a false statement on a required report. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Milwaukee District Office.
September 14th, 2005
On September 14, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, Rebecca Bandt, former President of Local 717, United Food and Commercial Workers, was indicted on five counts of embezzling union funds totaling $14,064, five counts of making a false statement in a required record, and four counts of filing false reports with the Department of Labor. The indictment alleges that Bandt wrote 43 unauthorized checks to herself, attempted to conceal the embezzlement by falsifying the payee or amount on 32 checks recorded in Local 717's disbursement journal, and falsely reported the total payments to her on Labor Organization Annual Reports Form LM-3 by reporting amounts that were less than she actually received. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Milwaukee District Office.
