A Teamsters employee has resigned after the discovery of unauthorized meal expenses.
The employee, Richard Lyter, had been the assistant to General Secretary-Treasurer C. Thomas Keegel since 1999, the union told the Associated Press Wednesday. When an internal audit found discrepancies in the union's expense account to the tune of $3,414, Lyter was asked to step down, a union spokesman said.
Lyter allegedly submitted personal expenses that were reported as union expenses over a 10-month period. In his resignation letter, Lyter acknowledged his mistakes. He has reimbursed the Teamsters.
The incident comes two months after the indictment of ex-Teamsters President Ron Carey, who was accused of perjury and making false statements about a diversion of $885,000 in union funds to his 1996 re-election campaign against James P. Hoffa.
The employee, Richard Lyter, had been the assistant to General Secretary-Treasurer C. Thomas Keegel since 1999, the union told the Associated Press Wednesday. When an internal audit found discrepancies in the union's expense account to the tune of $3,414, Lyter was asked to step down, a union spokesman said.
Lyter allegedly submitted personal expenses that were reported as union expenses over a 10-month period. In his resignation letter, Lyter acknowledged his mistakes. He has reimbursed the Teamsters.
The incident comes two months after the indictment of ex-Teamsters President Ron Carey, who was accused of perjury and making false statements about a diversion of $885,000 in union funds to his 1996 re-election campaign against James P. Hoffa.
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