Ex-Powell's worker pleads guilty to embezzling

Tuesday Oct 08, 2013  |  The Associated Press

Ex-Powell's employee pleads guilty to embezzling from union

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former worker at Powell's bookstore in Portland has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $40,000 from Local Union 5 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
The Oregonian reports that Britta Duncan (http://is.gd/xgB9sG ) admitted converting union funds to her own checking account and falsifying financial records while serving as the local's secretary treasurer.
Duncan's lawyer says his client plans to make full restitution and pleaded guilty without benefit of a plea agreement.
She will be sentenced Jan. 28.