ILWU bookkeeper gets 21 months in jail for embezzling union funds
From City News Service
A former bookkeeper for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 26 was sentenced today in Los Angeles federal court to 21 months behind bars and ordered to pay restitution of $121,475 for embezzling union funds.
Rosa Della Porta, 45, of Highland Park, was convicted at trial in Los Angeles federal court one year ago of a single count of embezzling about $108,000 from the union.
As office manager and bookkeeper of ILWU Local 26, Della Porta was responsible for
receiving union dues and making bank deposits. Della Porta received cash from various union
sources, deposited less cash than the union received, then kept the balance, prosecutors
said.
Della Porta embezzled the funds from January 2003 through June 2006, when the union
relieved her of her bookkeeping duties. She was fired from the union in November 2006,
prosecutors said.
ILWU Local 26 represents about 1,000 people who work for 28 industrial companies in the Los Angeles area.
A former bookkeeper for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 26 was sentenced today in Los Angeles federal court to 21 months behind bars and ordered to pay restitution of $121,475 for embezzling union funds.
Rosa Della Porta, 45, of Highland Park, was convicted at trial in Los Angeles federal court one year ago of a single count of embezzling about $108,000 from the union.
As office manager and bookkeeper of ILWU Local 26, Della Porta was responsible for
receiving union dues and making bank deposits. Della Porta received cash from various union
sources, deposited less cash than the union received, then kept the balance, prosecutors
said.
Della Porta embezzled the funds from January 2003 through June 2006, when the union
relieved her of her bookkeeping duties. She was fired from the union in November 2006,
prosecutors said.
ILWU Local 26 represents about 1,000 people who work for 28 industrial companies in the Los Angeles area.
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