On July 1, Jerry Thomas Vincent Jr., former president of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 783, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on multiple counts of embezzlement, fraud and false record-keeping that enabled him to obtain more than $40,000 in purchases and loans from the Louisville union. Prosecutors allege Vincent, 53, a resident of Louisville, during October 5, 2009-June 17, 2011 embezzled $17,272.84 in funds through unauthorized credit card charges and $23,760 in illegal loans. They also accuse him of concealing these transactions in union financial records. An arraignment is scheduled for July 22. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
