Arthur Boedecker, all things considered, got off pretty lightly. On June 20, Boedecker, former vice president of Utility Workers Union of America Local 270, pleaded guilty in the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas to one count of aggravated theft from the Brooklyn Heights-based union. He then was sentenced to a jail term of three days and fined $500. Boedecker had been indicted last September for money laundering and six months earlier for receiving unauthorized payments from the union in the amount of $40,203. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
