On March 27, Michael Schofield, former secretary-treasurer of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Local 1046, was sentenced to eight months in prison and one year of supervised release for making false entries in financial records of the Plainfield, Ill.-based union for the purpose of concealing unauthorized loans totaling $31,850. He also was ordered to pay $30,641 in restitution and a $25 fine. Schofield had filed an amended plea this January following a one-count information and an original plea last June. The actions follow an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
