Western Pennsylvania Transit President Indicted for Theft
Donald Kotouch Jr. was voted out of office by union rank and file last year. Given his penchant for theft, it's hard to imagine a different outcome. Kotouch, formerly president of Amalgamated Transit...
View ArticleTransit Union Secretary in South Dakota Indicted for Embezzlement; Pleads Guilty
On April 21, Terri Dunkelberger, former financial secretary-treasurer of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1356, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota to one count of a...
View ArticleWestern Pennsylvania Transit Union President Pleads Guilty
On June 21, Donald Kotouch, former president and business agent of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1738 in Latrobe, Pa., pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh federal court to embezzling $18,806.27 and...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Local Transit Union Secretary Sentenced
On August 1, Terri Dunkelberger, former financial secretary-treasurer of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1356, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota to two years...
View ArticlePittsburgh-Area Transit Union President Sentenced for Theft
On November 29, Donald Kotouch, former president and business agent for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1738, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to five years...
View ArticleSouthern Ohio Transit Union Chieftain Indicted for Time Theft
Claude Huff put in a long work week. The problem is that the extra hours most likely were fictitious. Huff, former president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1385, which represents nearly 500 drivers...
View ArticlePittsburgh-Area Transit Workers President Indicted for Embezzlement
On February 15, Thomas Conley, former president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1738, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania for embezzling $15,432.26 from the...
View ArticleLas Vegas Transit Workers Local President Charged
On March 15, Rose Marie Sotak, former president/business agent and acting treasurer of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1758, was charged with one count of felony theft of an unspecified sum of union...
View ArticleLocal Transit Boss in Ohio Pleads Guilty to $100K+ Theft
On September 4, Claude Huff, former president-business manager of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1385, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to one count of...
View ArticleOhio Local Transit Union President Sentenced for $100K+ Theft
On December 7, Claude Huff, former president and business manager of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1385, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to five years of...
View ArticleATU Pressures Congress to Mandate Overtime Pay for Intercity Bus Drivers;...
It's a common news story these days: A bus on the highway crashes, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries. And the official cause is "driver fatigue." Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., backed by the...
View ArticleFresno ATU Secretary-Treasurer Sentenced for Embezzlement
Adam Raimer used his union like a personal bank. At least he's repaid a large part of what he stole. On February 3, Raimer, formerly secretary-treasurer of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1027, was...
View ArticlePhoenix Metro Transit Union Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Thefts
Richard Wayne Johnson may have thought his union wouldn’t find him out. He guessed wrong. This Tuesday, June 2, Johnson, formerly secretary-treasurer of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1433 and a bus...
View ArticleSecretary-Treasurer of Metro Phoenix Transit Union Sentenced
It took more than six years for Richard Wayne Johnson to be found out as an embezzler. And it took more than three years for justice to prevail. What matters in the end is that it did. On September...
View ArticleAmalgamated Transit Union Treasurer in Dallas Charged; Pleads Guilty
On March 30, Johnny Wilson, former financial secretary-treasurer for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1338, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas with one count of...
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