July 09, 2004
John Yembrick
Public Affairs Specialist
P. O. Box 61129 Houston, TX 77208
Phone: 713/567-9388 Fax: 713/718-3389
E-Mail: usatty.txs@usdoj.gov
FOUR FORMER UTU OFFICIALS SENTENCED FOR LABOR RACKETEERING
CONTACT AUSA: Edward F. Gallagher
PHONE: (713) 567-9343
(HOUSTON, TX) United States Attorney Michael Shelby announced that Byron Boyd , 57, of Seattle, Washington, and Charles A. Little , 66, Leander, Texas, both former international presidents of the United Transportation Union (UTU), were each sentenced to prison terms today, and ordered to forfeit to the United States a total of $200,000 in racketeering activity proceeds. At a hearing held this afternoon, United States District Judge Sim Lake sentenced Boyd and Little to each serve a 2 year term of imprisonment, without parole, and ordered each to forfeit to the United States $100,000 in racketeering proceeds. Both men were also fined $10,000 each. Judge Lake further ordered that each man is to be supervised for a period of three years following his release from prison.
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