[HN Gopher] Head of California's largest union arrested for thef... ___________________________________________________________________ Head of California's largest union arrested for theft, fraud Author : rsj_hn Score : 43 points Date : 2021-10-20 21:41 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.mercurynews.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.mercurynews.com) | bruceb wrote: | Basically she and husband didn't report all income and used | campaign money for personal expenses. | | Yes paying taxes is annoying, but these people earn solid money, | why throw it away for relatively small savings. Say they saved | 36% on a mil, spread over 6 years, Was it worth the extra $60K a | year between the two of them when they had good jobs, political | power, clean records? | | Especially when you are union, thus generally pro gov't spending | so are pushing everyone else to pay taxes. | | "Attorney General Rob Bonta's office alleges the pair under- | reported more than $1 million in income over the past six years, | including $176,000 in 2016, $416,000 in 2017, and $666,000 in | 2018. | | The complaint also alleges Hernandez unlawfully took political | campaign money for personal use in 2014 and 2015." | ffggvv wrote: | in california that number is closer to 50% than 36%, but yeah i | agree that its probably not worth it though maybe they thought | they were untouchable due to their position | 1cvmask wrote: | Jimmy Hoffa came to mind when I saw the headline. | | Although it seems there was no organized mafia element to their | fraud. | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa | cletus wrote: | Fun fact: Jimmy Hoffa remained president of the union even | after being convicted and imprisoned. He only resigned as part | of his commutation agreement with Nixon. | NtochkaNzvanova wrote: | > _Although it seems there was no organized mafia element to | their fraud._ | | Other than their association with the Democratic Party. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-10-20 23:00 UTC)