On September 30, Chad Waldoch, former secretary-treasurer of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 980, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota to 30 months of supervised release for embezzling $107,706 in funds from the Fargo-based union during January 2012-October 2017. He also was ordered to pay […]
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SMART Treasurer in Southern California Charged with Embezzlement
On September 8, Rachel Gleason, former treasurer of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Union (SMART) Local 1700, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California with one count of embezzling funds in an unspecified sum from the Perris (Riverside County)-based union. The charge follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor […]
SMART Treasurer in North Dakota Pleads Guilty to $100K+ Embezzlement
On June 12, Chad Waldoch, former secretary-treasurer of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 980, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota to embezzling $107,706 in funds from the Fargo union during January 2012-October 2017. He had been indicted in January following an investigation by the U.S. […]
SMART Treasurer in North Dakota Charged with Embezzlement
On January 15, Chad Waldoch, former secretary-treasurer with Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 980, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota for embezzling $107,706 in funds from the Fargo union during January 2012-October 2017. He had been arrested the previous day. After pleading not guilty, he […]
Illinois SMART Secretary-Treasurer Sentenced for Records Fraud
On April 11, Edward Cranston, former secretary-treasurer for Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 1421, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to three years of probation for filing a false financial report for the year 2014 to conceal his thefts from the Beecher (Will County), Ill.-based […]
SMART Secretary-Treasurer in Illinois Pleads Guilty to Records Fraud
On January 17, Edward Cranston, former secretary-treasurer of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 1421, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to one count of filing a false financial report to the U.S. Department of Labor for the purpose of concealing $28,220 in funds he had […]
Secretary of SMART Local in Washington State Sentenced
Considering what he stole, Gregory Normand should be feeling a bit lucky. On December 4, Normand, former secretary-treasurer of Local 324 of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), Transportation Division, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington to 18 months in prison for embezzling […]
Former Bookkeeper for SMART Local in Tulsa Sentenced
On July 23, Deborah Hand, former bookkeeper for Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 270, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma to three months of incarceration, five months of home confinement and three years of supervised release for embezzling funds from the Tulsa-based union. She also […]
Sheet Metal Workers Bookkeeper in Oklahoma Charged with Theft
On July 23, Deborah Hand, former bookkeeper for International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 270, was charged in an information in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma with embezzling $44,808 in funds from the Tulsa union. The charge follows an investigation by the U.S. Secret Service […]
SMART Secretary-Treasurer in Washington State Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement, Concealment
On July 13, Gregory Normand, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 324, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington to one count of embezzling over $248,000 in funds from the Marysville (near Everett) union and two counts of making false statements […]