On September 14, Mark Durinski, former president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 294, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Maine to three counts of making false statements in annual financial reports in connection with his claims of travel and other expenses for which he already had been reimbursed by his employer, the Defense Finance Accounting Service. As part of his plea agreement, he also will have to make restitution in the amount of $53,544 to the Limestone, Maine union. Durinski, now 63, had been charged on August 7. The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
