RIPLEY CLAIMS MIKE MCCARRON NOT AS EST BUT AS ONE OF 16 TRAINING FUND TRUSTEES WHICH INCLUDED DIRTY DOUG, TWEEDLE DEE DRAPER,CURTIS CONYERS AND OTHERS WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO MADE HIM BUY THE DENALI
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So lets get this correct:
AN EBSA AUDIT STATES DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE INVESTIGATION JANUARY 1, 2010 THRU FEB 28,2015THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS SERVED AS UNION AND EMPLOYER TRUSTEES CURTIS CONYERS,DOUGLAS MCCARRON AND RICHARD HARRIS,MARC FURMAN, JIM BERNSEN,GORDON HUBEL,FLOYD CLAY,TRAVIS WINDSOR,RICHARD POZZO J.D HERRON,RANDY THORNHILL,TOM CAITLAN,JEFFREY WHITTLE,RAYMOND HUGHES,MIKE DRAPER AND MIKE MCCARRON .AS STATED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT EACH INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE ACCEPTS DESIGNATION AS A FIDUCIARY OF THE TRAINING FUND
AS I NOTED THIS OFFICE HAS CONCLUDED ITS INVESTIGATION OF THE TRAINING FUND AND OF THE ACTIVITIES OF ITS FIDUCIARIES.BASED ON THE FACTS GATHERED DURING THAT INVESTIGATION IT APPEARED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,THE TRUSTEES INDIVIDUALLY AND EDWARD RIPLEY AS FIDUCIARIES BREACHED THEIR FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS TO THE TRAINING FUND AND VIOLATED SEVERAL PROVISIONS OF ERISA.THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS WE BELIEVED THAT VIOLATED ERISA WERE DETAILED IN MY PREVIOUS LETTER.
BACK IN JUNE IT WAS DECLARED TO THE FEDERAL COURT AND JUDGE SELNA THAT ED RIPLEY WAS GUILTY OF GRAFT AND TAKING PAYOFFS AND KICKBACKS FROM MIKE MCCARRON
THEY TRIED TO TELL THE COURT THAT
THE TRAINING FUND HAD BEEN DECLARED BY THE DECARLO AND PECKER HEAD LAW FIRM AS AN "INNOCENT PARTY"
(4) by giving the Training Director illegal bonuses in violation of Section 406(b)(3)3 (see ECF No. 261-3),
AND THEY HAD VIOLATED THE LAW
(5) by not disclosing to the other trustees these bonuses, and
THE TRAINING FUND HAD BEEN DECLARED BY THE DECARLO AND PECKER HEAD LAW FIRM AS AN "INNOCENT PARTY"
(4) by giving the Training Director illegal bonuses in violation of Section 406(b)(3)3 (see ECF No. 261-3),
AND THEY HAD VIOLATED THE LAW
(5) by not disclosing to the other trustees these bonuses, and