7203, respectively. The factual basis of the plea agreement noted that the wire fraud charge pertained to the electronic transfer of union funds for unauthorized expense reimbursements totaling $85,962. On November 13, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Michael Johnson, former President and Business Manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1658 (located in Pine Bluff, Ark. Published Date. On June 8, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Tony J. Liesenfeld, former President and Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 148 (located in Lewisburg, Pa.), was sentenced to one year and one day of incarceration and two years of supervised release. 371 and 29 U.S.C. Barker, Hunter, and Schumacher are pending sentencing. 2, 371, 1001, 1343, 1512, and 26 U.S.C. Ziegler previously paid $5,942 in restitution. North Platte. 1343. 501(c). On May 29, 2020, Iveson pleaded guilty to one felony count of stealing/retaining a financial transaction device without consent, in violation of MCL 750.157N. . - Judge Peter D. Welte, 2024 Term Clerk Announcement ), was charged with one count of embezzlement of labor union assets in the amount of $184,138, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. Training and seminars for Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Agencies. Another $235 million was provided in additional unemployment compensation to people who could not work during the pandemic. It must be signed by the prosecuting attorney. On July 30, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Matthew Cuomo, former President of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 1047 (located in Kenner, La. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Philadelphia-Pittsburgh District Office and the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General. You have permission to edit this article. 2461(c). On June 4, 2018, Romero pleaded guilty to conspiracy, embezzlement from a labor organization, and permitting persons convicted of certain crimes to hold office or employment in a labor organization, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 439(c). On February 18, 2020, in Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland, Sophia Love, former President of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 2751 (located in Baltimore, Md. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS New York District Office and the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General. KYLE ELLIOTT LEITKA. Our headquarters office is located in Bismarck with a divisional office in Fargo. Physicians and health officials have promoted masks, social distancing and hand-washing for months, but with mounting deaths in nursing homes, JOHNATHAN ZAMUDIO. 501(c). The state of North Dakota has two senators in the United States Senate and one at-large representative in the United States House of Representatives. On September 15, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Travis Cofer, former Secretary-Treasurer of Steelworkers Local 9-990 (located in Maryville, Tenn.), was sentenced to two years of probation. On March 28, 2019, Lum pleaded guilty to one count each of aggravated identity theft and failure to file income tax returns, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Lincoln County Courthouse On September 8, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Kenneth Wynder Jr, former President of the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association (LEEBA), located in New York, N.Y., was charged in a 13-count superseding indictment for wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, tax evasion, false statements to federal agents, and obstruction of a grand jury investigation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 501(c). ), pleaded guilty to one count of forgery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Congress acted quickly, and in an overwhelmingly bipartisan way, to provide critical relief to thousands of individuals, families, and small businesses in states across the nation, including those throughout South Dakota when COVID threatened our economic security, Thune wrote. Articles focused on businesses that couldnt maintain inventory or had lost their customer bases in the tourism, dining, entertainment and retail industries. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Denver-St. Louis District Office. As in all criminal cases, each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Atlanta-Nashville District Office. North Dakota. Fain was then sentenced to one year in prison (suspended) and one year of probation. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office, the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General, and the Employee Benefits Security Administration. 513(a), respectively. On July 13, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Kenneth Wynder Jr, President of the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association (LEEBA), located in New York, N.Y., was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of wire fraud in the amount of $529,000, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Without those dollars well never know what could have happened, Rave said.