An East McKeesport woman was indicted Tuesday on a charge of stealing $87,823 from a bank account for a retired steelworkers organization, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Pittsburgh said Tuesday.
Donna J. Simpson, 42, of 1229 Fifth Ave. was indicted on one count of embezzlement by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for allegedly taking the money from a United Steelworkers bank account maintained for the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees, according to the indictment.
Simpson, a field secretary for the international union, is accused of writing herself 82 unauthorized checks from the union bank account from June 2006 through Jan. 2, 2008, U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said in a statement.
James Centner, director of the USW's Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees, could not be reached for comment. A spokesman at the United Steelworkers headquarters in Pittsburgh declined to comment.
Simpson could not be reached for comment. She was paid $50,305 last year, according to the financial report that the USW filed with the U.S. Department of Labor.
The Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards conducted the investigation that lead to the indictment.
If Simpson is convicted, she could face a maximum of five years in jail, a $250,000 fine or both, Assistant U.S. Attorney Leo M. Dillon, who presented the case to the grand jury, said in a statement.
No additional information about the case was available from Margaret Philbin, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh.
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