A former official of a Laborers’ International Union of North America local has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing $1.7 million from the local, the Dept. of Justice says.
Anthony Wendel Frederick Sr., who had been business manager of the union’s Local 657, pleaded guilty on Oct. 31 before U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta in Washington, D.C., DOJ said in a Nov. 1 statement.