Indictments

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.

Date	Description
March 13th, 2012	On March 13, 2012, in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, Gloria Porter, former President of National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local 2049 and former Secretary-Treasurer of the NFFE IAM Army Materiel Command (AMC) District Council (both located in Las Cruces, N.M.), was sentenced to 70 months imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Porter also was ordered to pay $143,457.50 in restitution and a $300 special assessment. On June 30, 2011, after a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Porter on all 107 counts of an indictment charging her with 105 counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Denver District Office.
December 20th, 2010	On December 20, 2010, Gloria Porter, former Secretary-Treasurer of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) IAM Army Military Council (AMC) and former President of NFFE Local 2049 at White Sands Missile Range (located in Las Cruces, N.M.), was indicted in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico on 105 Counts of 18 U.S.C. 1343 (Wire Fraud), one count of 18 U.S.C. 1341 (Mail Fraud), and one count of 18 U.S.C. 1028(a)(1) (Aggravated Identity Theft). The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Denver District Office.
October 11th, 2007	On October 11, 2007, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, an indictment was unsealed charging Donna Hammock, aka Donna Jackson or Donna Jones, former President of the National Federation of Federal Employees Local 2096, with two counts of making false and fraudulent statements to a federal department or agency. The indictment alleges that Hammock willfully made false and fraudulent statements and representations as to material facts on the local's Form LM-3. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Los Angeles District Office.
August 1st, 2007	On August 1, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Lorraine Payton, former President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, Veterans Administration Council, pled guilty to one count of mail fraud. On March 16, 2007, Payton was charged in a superseding indictment with mail fraud and false statements to a government agency. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS New Orleans District Office.
August 10th, 2006	On August 10, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Lorraine Payton, former President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, Veterans Administration Council, was indicted on two counts of making false reports. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS New Orleans District Office.
August 24th, 2005	On August 24, 2005, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Henry Michael Turner, former Treasurer of National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 2058, was indicted on one count of making false statements on an LM-4 report to cover up an embezzlement of $40,474. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office.
October 9th, 2003	On October 9, 2003, in the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Michael La Forge, former president of National Federation of Federal Employees Local 224, entered a voluntary plea of guilty for embezzlement/theft of government property totaling $14,622, fraud, and false statements. In an earlier plea dated August 18, 2003, La Forge pled not guilty. La Forge was indicted on July 17, 2003 following an investigation by the OLMS Denver District Office.
August 18th, 2003	On August 18, 2003, in the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Michael La Forge, former president of National Federation of Federal Employees Local 224, pled not guilty to one count of embezzlement/theft of government property totaling $14,622, and one count of fraud and false statements. He had been indicted on July 17, 2003 following an investigation by the OLMS Denver District Office.