ILWU Boss Charles Kimo Brown Found Guilty of Crimes

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ILWU union boss Charles Kimo Brown has been found guilty of four criminal acts, including embezzlement and falsifying union records.

From the Department of Labor:

On November 1, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Charles Kimo Brown, former Secretary-Treasurer of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 142 Longshore Division (located in Honolulu, Hawaii), was found guilty following a non-jury trial of two counts of embezzling union funds and two counts of falsifying union records, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) and 439(c), respectively. The guilty verdict follows an investigation by the OLMS Honolulu Resident Office and the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigations.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

To read more, 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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