On June 21, Donald Kotouch, former president and business agent of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1738 in Latrobe, Pa., pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh federal court to embezzling $18,806.27 and submitting false financial records to conceal his thefts. During 2005-09, stated federal prosecutors, Kotouch, 52, a resident of Latrobe, diverted funds from the local to pay for non-business items such as office rent and membership expenses. He is set for sentencing on November 4. The guilty plea follows a probe by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
