Swordsmyth
07-30-2019, 07:56 PM
Glenn Blicht, who currently serves as the president of a labor union International Longshoremen’s Association, was arrested for honest services fraud and a violation of the Taft-Hartley Act for demanding and accepting at least $150,000 in bribe payments from an employer (the “Employer”).Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “As alleged, Glenn Blicht abused his position as the president of a labor union to line his own pockets. He allegedly demanded and received bribes and, in return, he did not fight for his union members – the hard-working individuals whose interests he was duty-bound to protect. Together with our law enforcement partners, this Office is committed to rooting out corruption in union leadership.”
DOL-OIG New York Region Special Agent-in-Charge Michael C. Mikulka said: “Labor racketeering investigations that involve bribing union officials are an important part of the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General’s mission. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to vigorously investigate all types of labor racketeering allegations.”
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeney Jr. said: “Criminals are asked to do things all the time for money, but sometimes they’re asked not to do things for money. Glenn Blicht was supposed to be representing the best interests of hundreds of people who had faith in the fact that he was helping them, but he allegedly decided to help himself to bribes the other side was offering him. It’s often hard to see what’s actually going on just under the surface, but as the FBI, we have the ability to dig into criminal behavior and expose fraudsters for what they truly are.”
More at: https://breaking911.com/prosecutors-labor-union-president-arrested-charged-with-accepting-bribes/
DOL-OIG New York Region Special Agent-in-Charge Michael C. Mikulka said: “Labor racketeering investigations that involve bribing union officials are an important part of the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General’s mission. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to vigorously investigate all types of labor racketeering allegations.”
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeney Jr. said: “Criminals are asked to do things all the time for money, but sometimes they’re asked not to do things for money. Glenn Blicht was supposed to be representing the best interests of hundreds of people who had faith in the fact that he was helping them, but he allegedly decided to help himself to bribes the other side was offering him. It’s often hard to see what’s actually going on just under the surface, but as the FBI, we have the ability to dig into criminal behavior and expose fraudsters for what they truly are.”
More at: https://breaking911.com/prosecutors-labor-union-president-arrested-charged-with-accepting-bribes/