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Teachers Union Chief Sentenced [Ir Rather, Teachers Union THEIF...]
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| 1/30/04
Posted on 01/30/2004 5:42:54 PM PST by 11th Earl of Mar
Today: January 30, 2004 at 16:40:17 PST
Teachers Union Chief Sentenced in Scandal
By BRIAN WESTLEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) - The former president of the Washington Teachers' Union was sentenced Friday to more than nine years in prison for a scam in which she embezzled millions of dollars in union dues.
The judge sentenced Barbara A. Bullock, 65, on charges of conspiracy and mail fraud in a case that prosecutors described as "nothing short of brazen greed."
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon also ordered Bullock upon her release to spend three years in a halfway house and to perform 3,000 hours of community service. She also must repay $4.6 million to the union and turn over luxury items - including artwork, fur coats, and electronics - purchased with the stolen union funds.
Bullock pleaded guilty last fall.
Appearing solemn before the judge Friday, Bullock asked his forgiveness.
"I stand before you a broken and changed person," she said. "When I think about what happened - and I've had a year to do it - I would change things."
Prosecutors said the illegal activity took place over more than six years, after Bullock became the union's president in 1994. During that time, the attorneys said, Bullock siphoned money from the union to make a number of lavish purchases. The haul included $100,000 in season tickets to games of the NFL Washington Redskins and the NBA Washington Wizards.
The scam was first discovered in July 2002 during an audit by the union's parent organization, the American Federation of Teachers. The scandal didn't become public until late 2003 when the FBI seized a number of luxury items from the homes of several former union officials.
Two of those officials were indicted by a federal grand jury in November on charges they conspired to steal millions of dollars in union funds. Three other people have pleaded guilty to lesser charges, including Bullock's former chauffeur.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: dc; education; teachers; unionbosses; unioncorruption; unions; wtu
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Gotta love it when they cheat thier own.
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posted on
01/30/2004 5:45:49 PM PST
by
Stopislamnow
(VIOLENCE!!!! A stone age solution to space age problems. It works!)
BTTT
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posted on
01/30/2004 5:47:16 PM PST
by
sarasmom
(No war for oil- Give France/Russia/China etc oil ,and no war-or so Saddam thought.)
To: Stopislamnow
How about the FUR coat?
No doubt Peta was getting ready to defend this woman until the fur issue came up.
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Afirmative Action in action.
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:21:24 PM PST
by
BIGZ
To: seamole
And don't forget these are people who also claim school vouchers would drain money from the public schools.
THEY SHOULD KNOW!
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:34:39 PM PST
by
Jeff Gannon
(Listen to my radio show "Jeff Gannon's Washington" on www.RIGHTALK.com)
To: Stopislamnow
Gotta love it when they cheat thier own.
Please check your spelling - their, no thier
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:36:42 PM PST
by
Betteboop
To: Betteboop
OK, I'm busted on my spelling.
But it is the publik skools that are at fault...
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:56:49 PM PST
by
Stopislamnow
(VIOLENCE!!!! A stone age solution to space age problems. It works!)
To: Stopislamnow
LOLOLOLOL--you've "learned gud"--blame some one else
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Already
posted. But it's always nice to read some good news.
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posted on
01/31/2004 4:47:22 PM PST
by
rabidralph
(What will be FR's panty-twist topic of the day?)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
I'm constantly amazed by people who think they can get away with anything they want to -- who never think they will ever get caught. Some people call it hubris -- the more vulgar might say some people have more balls than Christmas trees.
Whatever. I'm always amazed.
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posted on
01/31/2004 4:55:30 PM PST
by
ladylib
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