Ex-union boss won’t serve time for embezzling
Zac Taylor | The Charleston Gazette
February 23, 2012
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge has allowed a former union boss to serve an out-of-prison sentence for embezzling thousands of dollars from the AFL-CIO Steelworkers Logan County chapter.
U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston said Thursday that he did not believe former Logan AFL-CIO Local 14505 president Freda Hensley, 67, deserved prison time for cashing the organization’s pre-signed blank checks in her own name and using the $38,539 to fuel a gambling addiction.
Instead, the judge ordered Hensley to spend five years on probation and repay the union nearly $36,500 — in monthly installments of $100, a judgment that would take her more than 30 years to complete.
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30 years to repay?? As a unionworker, we fight against against this corporate greed everyday but it seems our officers our only demonstrating that they are no better with their own greed.