On August 21, Wanda Coleman-Gordon, former secretary-treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 1477, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas following a grand jury indictment on one count of embezzling $71,063.49 in funds from the Tyler-based union. Coleman-Gordon allegedly stole the money during January 2010-April 2019. Prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of cash or other assets, plus interest. The indictment follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
