On June 11, 2015, in the United States Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Pamela Nessen, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 286 (located in Fort Wayne, Ind.), pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $58,598, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office.
Nessen was indicted back in November 2014 by a federal grand jury. Nessen served as the President of the American Postal Workers Union Local 286 of Fort Wayne between November 2009 and November 2013.