Former UFCW labor leaders sentenced for embezzlement from union

Bill Leone, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, recently announced that STEPHEN L. BUSH, age 29, of Greeley, and his father, RONALD BUSH, age 59, of Greeley, were both sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn for embezzling money from the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 990. STEPHEN BUSH, a former business agent for UFCW Local 990, was ordered to serve 5 years of probation, with the first 6 months in home detention with electronic monitoring, and pay $20,385.98 in restitution to the labor union. RONALD BUSH, a former President of UFCW Local 990, was also ordered to serve 5 years of probation, with the first 6 months in home detention with electronic monitoring, and pay $4,457.00 in restitution.

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