IAFF Local 3 Secretary/Treasurer

September 18, 2024

Hello Membership,

Your principal officers want to keep everyone updated on events with the open investigation, steps taken to mitigate further loss and recouping some of our funds.

First off, the open investigation, P.D. has assured us they are diligently working on our case. They told President Chapin that they were waiting for more evidence. I was told at the beginning of the investigation by the detective that he wanted everything packaged up together to submit to the District Attorney all at once. As far as a dollar amount, I have one. I am still looking into transfers and this is ridiculously tedious. Disclosing the amount I have is counterproductive simply due to not knowing what P.D. is going to be able to prove and bring charges.

Furthermore, I have not found any other open money transferring accounts. Take that with a grain of salt, because how do you even begin a search for a fraudulent entity that may or may not be in your name, using your EIN, or any other associations with your entity? We have paid for a credit check of our EIN with nothing noteworthy, and hopefully it will be attached.

Lastly, every local is bonded through the International at $5,000.00. That amount was increased April 2021-2024 to $20,000.00 by that time E-Board. The insurance company has stated that they will only cover the $5,000.00 since the bond payment lapsed in April this year. I have been in contact with the International on this and GST Lima may put some pressure on the insurance company to honor the $20k bond. As stated earlier this month, we are currently bonded for our entirety of assets at this time.   

Dylan Prijatel

IAFF Local 3 Secretary/Treasurer