Civilian Technicians President in Iowa Pleads Guilty to Fraud

On September 27, Gregg Pedersen, former president of Association of Civilian Technicians Local 75, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa to one count of wire fraud in the amount of $6,320 from the Sioux City-based union. He had been charged in August. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.