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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

INFORMATION

COUNT 1

THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY CHARGES THAT:

1. At all times relative to this information, KATHY D. RANKIN, the defendant herein, was employed as a Customer Service Agent for Union Pacific Railroad.

2. From September, 2001, until July, 2004, KATHY D. RANKIN, the defendant herein, was the Financial Secretary-Treasurer for the Transportation Communications Union International, Lodge 512, a labor organization.

3. At all times relative to this information, Lodge 512 operated out of 324 O'Farrell, Collinsville, Illinois. This was the residence of KATHY D. RANKIN, the defendant herein.

4. At all times relative to this information, Lodge 512 maintained a checking account at Missouri State Bank, 100 South 4th Street, St. Louis, Missouri. KATHY D. RANKIN, the defendant herein, had access to this account.

5. Between September 2003 and August 2004, within the Eastern District of Missouri and elsewhere,

KATHY D. RANKIN,

the defendant herein, knowingly, unlawfully and willfully stole, abstracted or converted to her own use, approximately $15,622.34 in moneys or funds of a labor organization, to wit: the Transportation Communications Union International, Lodge 512.

In violation of Title 29, United States Code, Section 501 (c).

Respectfully Submitted,
Cathering L. Hanaway
United States Attorney

Howard J. Marcus # 16980
Assistant United States Attorney
111 South 10th Street, Room 20.333
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
314-539-2200

I, Howard J. Marcus, Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri being duly sworn, do say that the foregoing information is true as I verily believe.

Howard J. Marcus
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of October 2007

James G. Woodward, Clerk, U.S. District Court

By Linda Zanders