Brenda G Walters, Former APWU Boss, Guilty of Embezzlement
Brenda G Walters is the former Secretary/Treasurer for the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) in Muskogee, Oklahoma. When caught for embezzling and indicted for it, she didn’t hesitate to plead guilty. She pled guilty to embezzling $95,100 from union funds. To be clear, that’s $95,100 of workers’ hard-earned money that went straight into her pocket.
From the Department of Labor:
On March 24, 2021, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Brenda G Walters, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Muskogee Area Local 7 (located in Muskogee, Okla.), pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $95,100, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Dallas-New Orleans District Office.
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