Plumbers Business Manager in Southern Illinois Pleads Guilty

Plumbers Business Manager in Southern Illinois Pleads Guilty Bill Adrian treated his union's funds as though they were his own. Labor Department to conceal the thefts. S. Sometime prior to this year, say authorities, he diverted funds from a Local one hundred and one benefit fund to his own personal use. Adrian, formerly business manager and secretary-Treasurer of United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 101, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, May 30 in U. Adrian, 55, a resident of Belleville, Ill. Sentencing itself is scheduled for September 10. He also provided false information on the union's LM-2 annual financial reports to the U. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to theft from a union benefit plan and falsifying data in financial reports. Louis, served as a union official since 1998. The guilty plea follows a joint investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards, Office of Inspector General and Employee Benefit Security Administration. Plumbers Business Manager in Southern Illinois Pleads Guilty Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 08/06/2012