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Marie LeClair, 59, of Lynn, was sentenced to three years probation and six months of home arrest, and she must repay the nearly $30,000 she took from the union, the U.S. Attorney's Office said this week. LeClair pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in June.
LeClair was president of the Boston-based American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2617. But beginning in March 2015, she began to siphon off union dues for her personal use, federal investigators said. She used the money to pay for a travel debit card and also some other personal expenses, authorities noted. She also made a. $3,000 wire transfer from the union's account to her travel debit card, investigators found.
LeClair faced up to 20 years in prison for the wire fraud charge.
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