LOS ANGELES, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and its Office of Inspector General, the U.S.

NEW YORK, NY – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has sentenced John Ulrich – former vice president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 812 and former trustee of the Local 812 Health Fund – to 18 months in jail for soliciting bribe payments in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

NEW YORK, NY – The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has sentenced Howard Preschel of Teaneck, New Jersey, to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $462,049 in restitution for embezzling funds from an employee pension benefits plan sponsored by CMG Vending Inc. in Union City, New Jersey. The court also fined Preschel $10,000.

BOSTON, MA – The Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston, Massachusetts, recently sentenced Atlantic Drain Service Company Inc. owner Kevin Otto to two years imprisonment on each of two counts of manslaughter, to run concurrently, and three years of probation for witness intimidation. The court’s action follows a U.S.

CONCORD, NH – The U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire has sentenced Kevin Corriveau, owner and operator of Kevin Corriveau Painting Inc. of Nashua, to six months imprisonment; two years of supervised release, post-imprisonment; and a $25,000 criminal fine for one count of obstruction of justice.

NEWARK, NJ – After a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has sentenced Paul Moe, Sr., a member of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and general foreman for a Port Elizabeth terminal operator, to 24 months in prison for fraudulently collecting a nearly $500,000 annual salary, much of which was for work he never performed. The court also sentenced Moe to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $749,000 in restitution.

HARTFORD, CT – After an investigation by the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and Office of Inspector General (OIG), Yolanda Silverio, a former eligibility coordinator for a Connecticut company that administers trust funds for public and private sector health benefit plans, has been sentenced by the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut to 10 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.

CONCORD, NH – A New Hampshire man has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of obstruction of justice in connection with a U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour investigation and litigation. It is believed to be the first federal criminal prosecution arising from a Department wage and hour investigation in New Hampshire.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

OIG Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Contract Employee and Co-conspirator Pled Guilty to Embezzling More than a Half Million Dollars from the Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program [06/24/1998]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

OIG Press Release: Members of Three Organized Crime Families Indicted on Racketeering and Extortion Charges in Garment Industry [04/28/1998]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

OIG Press Release: Stephen J. Cossu Appointed Assistant Inspector General for Investigations [04/07/1998]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

OIG Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Contractor is Indicted for Mail Fraud and False Claims [11/19/1997]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

OIG Press Release: Guilty Plea By Former Marine Engineers Union Representative Ends Case Involving 16 Union Officials [11/12/1996]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

OIG Press Release: SIX MEN INDICTED FOR $5.3 MILLION INSURANCE SCHEME [02/07/1996]

For more information call: (215) 597-3947

Six men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their part in a scheme that left a Pennsylvania state agency holding $5.3 million in unpaid health and life insurance claims.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

MARINE ENGINEERS UNION OFFICERS ORDERED TO FORFEIT $4.6 MILLION; FORMER UNION P [01/29/1996]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

HOTEL EMPLOYEES AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION AGREES TO RID ITSELF OF ORGANIZED CRIMEWednesday, Sept. 6, 1995

For more information call: (201) 645-3926.

A monitor has been appointed to oversee the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HEREIU) for at least 18 months to sever all ties with organized crime.