CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 41-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been taken into federal custody for allegedly embezzling $280,000 in union funds from a local labor union, according to the Southern District of the US Attorney's Office.
Robert Cirilo faces up to 20 years in federal prison and several fines on each of the wire fraud counts he is accused of making while serving as president of the United Steelworkers Local 13-1647 chapter in Corpus Christi.
He also faces up to five years and up to a $10,000 fine upon conviction of embezzlement in addition to the possible $250,000 maximum fine on those wire fraud counts.
Cirilo was expected to make an appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jason B. Libby on Tuesday morning.
According to the indictment returned July 31, Cirilo allegedly used a union debit card to make approximately 430 unauthorized personal purchases and ATM cash withdrawals.
The indictment charges Cirilo with 13 counts of wire fraud and one count of embezzlement from a labor organization.
The FBI and Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Management Standards conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tyler Foster and John Marck are prosecuting the case.
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