Glass Workers Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Theft in Northern District of California

The National Legal and Policy Center has been following the story of Curtis Iwatsubo, the former financial secretary-treasurer of Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union Local 52.  In April, Mr. Iwatsubo was accused of using the Union's ATM card to withdraw over $48,000 which he kept. According to NLPC:

As financial secretary, Iwatsubo, 35, a resident of Santa Clara, was responsible for depositing dues money deducted from member paychecks and signing checks from the local account. Prosecutors allege that during January-November 2005 he used his position to make more than 80 unauthorized ATM debit card cash withdrawals to cover personal expenses, triggering more than $47,000 in cash and service fee deductions from the local checking account. Additionally, he used the card to make an unauthorized $800 payment to an American Express credit card issued solely for Owens-Corning business. The charges follow a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.

In May he plead guilty to theft.