Ohio Carpenters Local Secretary-Treasurer Charged with Embezzlement

On October 4, Steven Perry, former financial secretary-treasurer of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 2077, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio with embezzling funds from the Columbus-based union in the amount of $20,458. The charge follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.