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Transportation Union, Local 997

embezzlement charges

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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February 17th, 2012On February 17, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Brandon Borders, former Secretary-Treasurer of United Transportation Union (UTU) Local 997 (located in Camp Hill, Pa.), was sentenced to eight months of home confinement followed by 24 months of probation. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $2,000 and a $100 special assessment. Borders had already paid restitution of $12,551.16. On September 23, 2011, Borders pled guilty to one count of embezzlement. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Philadelphia District Office.
September 23rd, 2011On September 23, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Brandon Borders, former Secretary-Treasurer of United Transportation Union (UTU) Local 997 (located in Camp Hill, Pa.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement totaling $12,551.16. Borders was indicted for the same charge on July 11, 2011. The sentencing is scheduled for January 3, 2012. The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Philadelphia District Office.
July 11th, 2011On July 11, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Brandon S. Borders, former Secretary-Treasurer of United Transportation Union (UTU) Local 997 (located in Camp Hill, Pa.), was indicted on one count of embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $12,551.16, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Philadelphia District Office.