DING DONG The WIcked Witch is Dead! Boyd pleads guilty to Racketeering

[Anonymous]

HOUSTON, Texas -- Former UTU President Byron A. Boyd Jr. pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday, March 11, to one criminal count, for which he was under indictment, in a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Boyd also retired from his positions as UTU president and president of the United Transportation Union Insurance Association (UTUIA). He had been suspended from the presidents post and had taken an unpaid leave of absence from the UTUIA post earlier this month.

In a prepared statemnt released after the plea, Boyd said, #8220;Today is a day of great sadness and personal regret." He went on to say, #8220;I take full responsibility for my actions and make no excuses. What I have pleaded to is a burden that falls squarely on my shoulders, as it should. To all I am truly sorry for the anguish I have put you through.#8221;

Boyd, former UTU President Charles Little, and two former UTUIA employees #8211; Ralph Dennis and John Rookard #8211; were charged last year by federal prosecutors with illegally accepting payments from attorneys in exchange for being added to a list of Designated Legal Counsel for UTU members,and then using that money to finance Little's and Boyd's union reelections. Boyd had also been charged with union embezzlement and wittness tampering.

[Anonymous]

He was guilty all along and as csxenginner would say he would sharing a cell with Boyd and his CLOWNS[:o)][:o)][:o)][:o)][:o)][:o)][:o)][:o)][:o)]

[Rick Gates]

Just a feeling more than a thought but; he may not be just taking the plea to limit his own damages and punishment. He may be "taking the fall" for unknown persons involved in these activities. I may be wrong of course, but was in prison with alot of like thinkers........

[Anonymous]

Rick-

Nope, he was the ringleader. The other guys below him took pleas earlier. I'm sure they were required to testify against him as a condition of their plea agreements, so the walls just closed in around him leaving him with nowhere to go and a trial date approaching.

LC

QUOTE: Originally posted by Rick Gates

Just a feeling more than a thought but; he may not be just taking the plea to limit his own damages and punishment. He may be "taking the fall" for unknown persons involved in these activities. I may be wrong of course, but was in prison with alot of like thinkers........

[Anonymous]

Just to add, this whole cancerous problem with the designated counsel is a problem with not just the UTU, but other unions as well where FELA or the Jones Act apply to workers. Look for further investigations to arise from this one.

LC

[Anonymous]

Was their accounting Arthur Anderson? Because if it was no wounder why he did the rackterring

DOGGY

[edblysard]

No, the UTU does its own "accounting".
But funny how some attorenys have a bad habit of tape recording phone conversations when they are being shaken down.
And then the DA comes looking, and "presto", you know, the CMA syndrome?

No honor amoung thieves!

Ed