BUFFALO, N.Y. — The former union treasurer of Ironworkers Local 470 pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $50,000 between May of 2011 and August of 2018.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Buffalo said on Thursday that 40-year-old Scott Merritt of Celeron wrote union checks worth $50,850.71 to pay for various
He faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced in August.
