BIRMINGHAM -- Christopher Scott Tidwell, the former secretary-treasurer of UTU Local 1261 at Atlanta, Ga., pleaded guilty in federal court on June 30 to embezzling about $22,000 in local funds, reports U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin, whose office prosecuted the case.
Indicted in early May, Tidwell, a resident of Lineville, Ala., was accused of forging the signature of the local president on several checks and pocketing the money during the period Jan. 1, 2006 to Feb. 26, 2008, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 1.
The indictment followed an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
(The preceding is based on a press release from U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin and other sources.)
