Former Postal Carriers Union Official
Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $20,000
Sept. 12, 2011
WICHITA, KAN. – A former secretary/treasurer of the Letter Carriers Branch 1412 in Garden City pleaded guilty today to embezzling more than $20,000 from the union.
Lanny F. Pauley, 67, Garden City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement by a labor organization officer. In his plea he admitted that from 2002 to 2007 he embezzled $20,325 from the union by writing checks to himself or misusing the union credit card.
Sentencing is set for Nov. 28. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000.
Grissom commended the Department of Labor and Assistant U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch for their work on the case.
