On August 30, Alicia Rooney, former office secretary for United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 459, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the District of Montana for embezzling $112,153 from the Missoula-based union and another $59,650 from a benefit plan sponsored by that union. The indictment follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
