On October 17, Benjamin Wisecarver, former president of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 264, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on three counts of embezzlement, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy for his role in a scheme that embezzled $57,310 from the Hampton, Va.-based union. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards and Office of Inspector General.
