Massachusetts Union Official Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

The former business agent and treasurer for a union representing workers at a Massachusetts arena pleaded guilty to embezzling union funds.

Ivar Carlson, 58, of Auburn, Mass., pleaded guilty March 26 to one count of embezzlement from a labor union before Judge Timothy S. Hillman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Carlson allegedly stole $37,014 from Local B-935 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), which represented 32 workers at the DCU Center in Worcester.

According to prosecutors, Carlson embezzled the money from the union between March 2007 and September 2016 by writing checks ...