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 14th, 2011
On December 14, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Rodney Richerson, former Financial Secretary of Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union (GMP) Local 238 (located in Kokomo, Ind.), pled guilty to an information charging him with embezzlement in the amount of $100,195, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). Richerson was then sentenced to four months incarceration, eight months home detention, two years supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $100,195 and a $100 special assessment. The guilty plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office.
April 28th, 2011
On April 28, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Rodney Richerson, former Financial-Secretary of Glass Molders Plastics (GMP) Local 238 (located in Kokomo, Ind.), was charged in a one-count information with embezzling union funds totaling $100,195. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office.