Together they spent more than $600,000 from union accounts on groceries, expensive restaurant meals, home repairs, music and sports tickets, and other personal spending. Four other former union employees previously pleaded guilty in the case. Once a hugely influential political force who directed millions in contributions to local, state, and national political campaigns, and helped elect Mayor Jim Kenney and other officials, the 63-year-old Dougherty used hundreds of thousands of dollars of funds from Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) to fund a wide variety of personal expenses, prosecutors said.ĭougherty’s codefendant, former union president Brian Burrows, was also found guilty of conspiracy and other related charges. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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