On August 30, Ivar Carlson, former business agent and treasurer of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local B-935, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to one year of probation for embezzling funds from the now-defunct Worcester-based union. He also was ordered to forfeit $16,151 in assets and pay $9,786 in restitution on top of the $6,775 he already paid. Carlson, a resident of Auburn, Mass., during March 2007-September 2016 had written or cashed union checks for unauthorized purposes. He had pleaded guilty this March to stealing $37,014 after being charged last December. The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
