Former postal worker union official sentenced for embezzling more than $74K in union funds through 265 unauthorized transactions over 3 years

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Former postal worker union official sentenced for embezzling more than $74K in union funds through 265 unauthorized transactions over 3 years

PHILADELPHIA - Former American Postal Workers Union Local 95 official Susan E. Miller was sentenced on Sept. 15 to four years of probation, 100 hours of community service, and ordered to pay restitution of $40,100 following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor that found Miller abused her leadership position within the union for her personal financial benefit.

An investigation by the department's Office of Labor-Management Standardsfound that Miller, while serving as treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 95, signed and cashed at least 137 unauthorized checks worth $68,818 between December 2019 to December 2022. The unauthorized checks were drawn on the union's account and made payable to Miller for her personal benefit.

During that same time, Miller also made at least 128 unauthorized credit card transactions totaling $5,441 on her union-issued credit card, which were for her personal benefit.

Miller served as treasurer of the Lancaster-based labor union from at least 2011 through December 2022. In this position, she served as the union's principal fiscal officer and the custodian of Local 95's financial books and records. The $40,100 of restitution ordered at sentencing is in addition to $34,159.68 Miller already repaid.

"Susan Miller's coworkers placed her in a position of trust in their union to maintain sound fiscal stewardship of their hard-earned union dues," said Office of Labor-Management Standards District Director Kevin Smallwood in Pittsburgh. "Instead, by embezzling from her own coworkers, she treated the union as a personal piggybank. The Office of Labor-Management Standards will continue to protect unions and their members by seeking appropriate punishment of, and restitution from, anyone attempting to use their position for personal financial gain at the expense of union members."

On March 5, 2025, Miller pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to one count of embezzling labor union assets, one count of falsifying a labor union annual report, and one count of falsifying labor union financial records. As a result of the criminal conviction, Miller is now barred from holding union office or employment for 13 years.

American Postal Workers Union Local 95 represents more than 300 postal workers in the Lancaster area.

Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Mark B. Dubnoff prosecuted the case.

Labor union fraud such as embezzlement, filing false reports, maintaining false records, destroying or concealing records, and other criminal activity can be reported by email to [email protected], to the OLMS National Office at 202-693-0143, or to your local OLMS field office. Find your local OLMS office.