Guilty Pleas

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
September 23rd, 2011	On September 23, 2011, in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Michael Thompson, former business manager for United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers Local 49 (located in Portland, Ore.), was sentenced to one year probation and was ordered to pay a $25 special assessment. On June 20, 2011, Thompson pled guilty to a single count of 29 U.S.C. 439(b) for filing of a false report. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Seattle District Office.
June 29th, 2009	On June 29, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Anne O’Rourke, former office secretary of Roofers Local 37 (located in Pittsburgh, Pa.), pled guilty to a two-count indictment for embezzling union funds in the amount of $23,057 and falsifying union records. Subsequently, O’Rourke was sentenced to two years probation on each count, ordered to make remaining restitution in the amount of $6,059.45, and pay a special assessment of $125. On August 6, 2008, O’Rourke had been charged in a two-count indictment with embezzling union funds in the amount of $23,057 and falsifying union records. The plea and sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
June 15th, 2009	On June 15, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Michael Pagano, former Business Agent /Secretary-Treasurer of Roofers, Local 74 (located in West Seneca, N.Y.), was sentenced to one year probation and order to make full restitution of $9,264. In December 2008, Pagano pled guilty to one count of falsifying union records. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Buffalo District Office.
December 23rd, 2008	On December 23, 2008, in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Michael Pagano, former Business Agent/Secretary-Treasurer of Roofers, Local 74 (located in West Seneca, N.Y.), pled guilty to falsifying and destroying union records. The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Buffalo District Office.
June 22nd, 2007	On June 22, 2007, in the County Court of Sarpy County, Nebraska, Nancy Stanek, was convicted of Criminal Attempt - Second Degree Forgery and sentenced to twelve months probation. On April 13, 2006, Stanek, the wife of Roofers Local 85's president, pled guilty to forging $5,100 in unauthorized checks drawn on the local's account. The conviction and sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Kansas City Resident Office.
June 16th, 2005	On June 16, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy C. Burke, the former business manager-financial secretary of Local 42, Roofers, pled guilty to one count of embezzling $31,470 in union funds. Burke was previously indicted on March 16, 2005, following an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office.
June 22nd, 2004	On June 22, 2004, in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Gerhard Hubbard, former secretary-treasurer of Roofers Local 156, was sentenced to five years of supervised probation for embezzlement and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $18,002. On April 2, 2004, Hubbard pled guilty to a one count information charging him with embezzling from the local's vacation fund. The guilty plea and sentence follow an investigation by the OLMS Seattle District Office.
April 2nd, 2004	On April 2, 2004, in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Gerhard Hubbard, former secretary-treasurer of Roofers Local 156, pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging him with embezzling approximately $18,000 from the local's vacation fund. He admitted to writing checks to himself, his wife, and to his roofing company from the fund. Initially, Hubbard pled not guilty at a November 12, 2003 arraignment. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Seattle District Office.
November 12th, 2003	On November 12, 2003, in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Gerhard Hubbard, former business agent and financial secretary of Roofers Local 156, pled not guilty to a one count information charging him with stealing from the local's vacation fund. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Seattle District Office.
July 15th, 2003	On July 15, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, Steven Namack, former business agent/financial secretary and apprenticeship coordinator of Roofers Local 188, was sentenced to eight months imprisonment for embezzling funds from an employee benefit plan and eighteen months imprisonment for embezzling union assets with the sentences to be served concurrently. He was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $132,255.24 and to pay a $200.00 special assessment. Namack pled guilty to one count of embezzling employee benefit plan funds and one count of embezzling union funds on May 7, 2003, following an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office.
May 7th, 2003	On May 7, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, Steven Namack, former financial secretary, treasurer/business agent, and Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee Coordinator/Instructor for Roofers Local Union 188, pled guilty to a two-count information charging him with the embezzlement of $108,036.16 from employee benefit plans and the embezzlement of $24,219.06 in union funds. The charges were brought following an investigation conducted by the Pittsburgh District Office.
April 17th, 2002	On April 17, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Robert D. King, Jr., former financial secretary of Roofers Local 86, was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment and three years probation and was ordered to make restitution of $130,507. He had pled guilty on December 11, 2001, to embezzling union funds and employee benefit (apprenticeship) funds following an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.
December 11th, 2001	On December 11, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Robert D. King, Jr., former financial secretary of Roofers Local 86, pled guilty to a two-count information charging him with embezzling $88,757 in union funds and $41,750 in employee benefit funds. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Cleveland District Office.