From the AP today in Los Angeles: “The ex-president of the union local representing school workers was placed on five years’ probation for looting funds to pay for travel expenses and pay workers in a City Council campaign.” Janet Humphries, formerly of SEIU Local 99, got off light:
In 2005, Ludlow pleaded guilty to federal charges in the case and was also placed on five years’ federal probation.
Humphries had SEIU Local 99 pay $33,000 in salaries to seven of Ludlow’s campaign workers and provided him with a cellular telephone, which he used to rack up nearly $3,400 in bills.
Remember, this embezzlement wasn’t simply done to feather a few nests — it was undertaken in the quest for political power.