Guilty Plea: $490,338 Union Embezzlement

EAST BAY AREA — A former treasurer of a union representing East Bay Regional Parks workers has pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland to embezzling $490,338 from the organization.

Susan Kyle, 61, was treasurer of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2428, which represented the parks employees, from 1999 to 2014.

She pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam to one count of embezzlement from a labor organization as an officer, by diverting $490,338 from the union's bank account to her personal bank account
between 2007 and 2014.

Kyle will be sentenced by Gilliam on Feb. 4 and could face up to five years in prison, as well as an order for restitution.

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