Former Treasurer of South Dakota APWU gets probation for theft of $30,000

By Mark Walker – April 11, 2016 The former treasurer of the South Dakota Postal Workers Union who admitted to embezzling more than $30,000 was sentenced Monday to one year of federal probation. Susan M. Haugen was indicted on three counts of embezzlement and theft of labor union assets. She took a deal with prosecutors…

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Michigan Postal Workers Union president indicted on federal charges

By Matt Mencarini – August 26, 2015 GRAND RAPIDS – The president of the state and local unions for U.S. Postal Service workers was indicted in federal court this month on an embezzlement charge. Jesus Miguel Gonzales is charged with embezzlement and theft of labor union assets and falsification of financial records required to be…

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Former Gates Mills postmaster charged with stealing more than $55,000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 17, 2015 The former postmaster of the Gates Mills Post Office was charged today with theft of property used by the U.S. Postal Service, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Monica Weyler, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service —…

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Indiana Postal Workers Union President Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

On June 11, Pamela Nessen, former president of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 286, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to one count of embezzling funds from the Fort Wayne union in the amount of $58,598. Nessen, who headed the APWU local during November 2009-November 2013, had turned…

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Postal Workers President in North Carolina Charged

On January 13, Salvatore Mauro, former president of American Postal Workers Union Local 1236, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina with one count of creating a false financial report. He pleaded guilty the following day. The indictment and plea follow a probe by the Labor Department’s Office of…

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Former APWU Local President faces embezzlement charge

(January 13, 2015) FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A woman indicted back in November by a federal grand jury turned herself in to authorities on Monday. Pamela Nessen, who entered a not guilty plea before a federal judge on Tuesday, is accused of embezzling $58,598 while she served as the President of the American Postal Workers Union…

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APWU Treasurer in South Dakota Indicted for Embezzlement

On November 4, Susan Haugen, former treasurer of the South Dakota chapter of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), was charged in U.S. District Court for the District Court of South Dakota with three counts of embezzling $36,309 in funds from the Huron, S.D.-based union. According to the grand jury indictment, Haugen, now 55, during…

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South Dakota APWU Treasurer accused of embezzlement

A former treasurer for the South Dakota Postal Workers Union has been charged in federal court with embezzlement for a theft of more than $36,000 from the union. Susan Marie Haugen, 55, was indicted this week on one count of embezzlement and two counts of theft of labor union assets for a series of transactions…

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