Former APWU Treasurer sentenced for embezzling more than $74K
Miller served as treasurer of the Lancaster-based labor union from at least 2011 through December 2022.
Office of Labor-Management Standards
Former APWU Local 5546 President Charged With Theft
The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office.
Former APWU Local 95 Treasurer Charged with Embezzling Union Funds
On February 7, 2025, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Susan E. Miller, former Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 95 (located in Lancaster, Pa.), was charged in an information with one count of embezzling union funds, one count of false reporting, and one count of false … Read more
Former St. Louis NPMHU president gets probation, house arrest for embezzling union funds
June 28, 2022 ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Tuesday sentenced the former president of a local postal workers union to five years of probation and six months of house arrest for embezzling $80,000. Scott E. Rodgers, 51, was also ordered to repay the money. Rodgers embezzled a total of $80,756. … Read more
Former NALC Local Union Vice President Pleads Guilty to Overtime Kickback Scheme in Allentown Post Office
DOJ Press Release – November 3, 2021 PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Joseph Whitbeck, 56, of Tamaqua, PA, pleaded guilty to multiple fraud charges before United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith stemming from his operation of a scheme to defraud fellow union members out of rightfully earned … Read more
Former Sec-Treasurer of APWU Muskogee Local sentenced: 60 months probation, $95,100 restitution
On August 11, 2021, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Brenda Walters, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 7 (located in Muskogee, Okla.), was sentenced to 60 months of probation. She was also ordered to pay $95,100 in restitution and a $100 special assessment. On March … Read more
St. Louis NPMHU Treasurer Charged with Embezzlement
On October 7, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Yvette Luster, former Treasurer of Postal Mail Handlers Local 314 (located in St. Louis, Mo.), was charged with one count of embezzlement of labor union assets in the amount of $184,138, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The charge … Read more
Embezzlement by NALC Branch officials in Michigan and Georgia
On August 31, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Kathryn A. Connelly, former President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 707 (located in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.), was charged by information with one count of embezzlement and theft of union funds in the amount of $10,323, … Read more