The daughter of a former secretary-treasurer of a union at Jersey City Medical Center today admitted her role in helping her mother embezzle $40,455 from the union, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
According to federal officials, Jennifer Rogers, 38, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to Count One of an indictment charging her with embezzling from Local 2254 of the American Federal State County and Municipal Amalgamated Transit Workers Union (AFSCME) in Hudson County.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Linda Rogers was employed at the Jersey City Medical Center and also held a part-time position at Local 2254 as its secretary-treasurer. In that role, she had sole control over the union’s checkbook and savings account.
From July 2016 through August 2017, Jennifer Rogers, also an employee at the hospital at that time, deposited 112 unauthorized checks totaling $35,267 from Local 2254’s account to joint checking and savings accounts she owned with her mother.
From October 2016 through December 2016, Linda Rogers allegedly made six telephonic wire transfers from the Local 2254’s savings account, totaling $5,188, into her personal credit card account. None of the expenditures were authorized or for legitimate union purposes.
The pending charges against Linda Rogers are merely accusations, and she is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.