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Retired president of Border Patrol union indicted
Seattle Post Intelligence ^ | August 16, 2012

Posted on 08/16/2012 5:38:23 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The retired, longtime president of the National Border Patrol Union was indicted Thursday for diverting thousands of dollars in union funds for personal use, federal prosecutors said.

The indictment says Bonner used the position he held for more than two decades to obtain payment for supposedly union-related work and travel that were in fact personal.

"These false claims included periods of time when Bonner was actually visiting his mistress in Chicago or family members, as well as trips to attend non-union activities such as hockey games and other sporting events," the indictment.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: border; cultureofcorruption; donutwatch; embezzlement; federalworkers; uniongoons; unions

1 posted on 08/16/2012 5:38:35 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They may not like to work hard but one thing I’ll say for the union thugs, they love money. Lots of money! Especially OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY!


2 posted on 08/16/2012 5:53:24 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Had enough of the freaks running the show yet?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Is he the one that stood up to Napalitano on F&F and border security?


3 posted on 08/16/2012 6:22:37 PM PDT by Forrestfire (("To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." Theodore Roosevelt))
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Payback. The Border Patrol union filed a unanimous no confidence resolution on Morton and his deputy iun 2010 and 2011.

Agents’ union disavows leaders of ICE

4 posted on 08/16/2012 7:34:07 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That was one hard up mistress!


5 posted on 08/16/2012 11:05:02 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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