Union Official Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Money Laundering

A former Northern California union boss implicated in a case against an applicants’ attorney who paid kickbacks for referrals pleaded guilty to three felony counts including receiving an illegal payment as a union employee, honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit structuring and money laundering. Daniel J. Rush, who was the organizing coordinator for United Food and Commercial Workers International, pleaded guilty June 22. He faces up to 30 years in prison at an Oct. 2 sentencing hearing. Rush’s plea agreement is not available to the public through the website for the U.S...