LOS ANGELES – As we’ve pointed out numerous times over the past few days, some union leaders develop sticky fingers when they have access to dues money paid by members.

Tyrone Ricky Freeman, former president of a local Service Employees International Union chapter in Los Angeles, was charged in 2012 “with four counts of mail fraud, seven counts of embezzlement and/or theft of labor union assets, one count of making a false statement to a federally insured financial institution, and three counts of subscribing to a false tax return,” according to a Department of Justice release.

“The mail fraud charges and four of the embezzlement charges relate to a scheme in which Freeman allegedly pilfered money from Local 6434 by diverting reimbursement payments from a public-sector union that had close ties to the SEIU local. The indictment alleges that Freeman collected $2,500 per month from Local 6434 of the California United Homecare Workers (CUHW), which was established in 2005 by SEIU and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees,” the release said.

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Freeman also “used a Local 6434 credit card to pay $8,105 in personal expenses he incurred during a 2006 trip to Honolulu, Hawaii, which included expenses related to Freeman’s wedding ceremony,” it read.

He was found guilty on 14 counts in January and has yet to be sentenced.

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