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Toledo Strip Clubs: Ex-Laborers Business Manager in Ohio Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
July 17, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
Ex-Laborers Business Manager in Ohio Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
If Shawn Clark believes he’s innocent, then the case of Steven Thomas won’t provide too much encouragement. Thomas for a while served as business manager of Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 500 in Toledo, Ohio until he and local recording secretary Thomas Leonard were charged with making unauthorized use of their union credit cards to pay for visits to strip clubs. Leonard last October pleaded guilty in Toledo federal court to racking up unauthorized cumulative charges of $4,386. Now his partner is facing the same music. This past May, Steven Thomas pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement totaling $17,500, plus another $11,000 in illegal travel allowances.
Investigative reporting by The Toledo Blade first brought the duo’s spending patterns to light in 2006. Steven Thomas in particular came off poorly. He drew an annual union salary of $130,638, drove a union-provided luxury full-size sport utility vehicle, and had an expense account that exceeded $30,000 a year. What’s more, as he and his fr …
See the full article from “National Legal and Policy Center”