IAFF Boss Verdine Day Gets Prison Sentence for Bank Fraud

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Verdine Day was the Treasurer for IAFF Local 344, until she got caught committing bank fraud. Then in December of 2021, she pleaded guilty to the crime. You can read about her guilty plea here. Now, as of May 24, 2022, she has been sentenced to over a year of prison time, as well as supervised release and restitution.

From the Department of Labor:

On May 24, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Verdine Day, former Treasurer of International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 344, Detroit Fire Fighters Association (located in Detroit, Mich.), was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in prison and 24 months of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay $220,044 in restitution and a $100 special assessment. On December 2, 2021, Day pleaded guilty to bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1344. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Minneapolis Resident Investigator Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

To read more on this case, please visit the DOL site here.

To stay up to date on Criminal Union Corruption, check out our 2022 U.S. DOL Criminal LMRDA Enforcement Actions page here.

And to see the previous union corruption case, go here.


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