Mount Vernon Police Department assisted the federal case against Brock A. Wilson, who recently pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud.
According to Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department officer Jeff Frankfurt who assisted on the case, help on the case usually involved allowing people from the federal jurisdictions have a space to conduct interviews or giving directions to areas in the Cedar Rapids corridor during the investigation for parties investigating the case.
“It’s similar to the type of help we offer during any investigation for other partnering agencies,” Frankfurt said.
Wilson was the president of Roofers Local 182 in Cedar Rapids. He faced 10 charges of bank fraud and embezzlement but pled guilty to one count of bank fraud. Wilson was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and five years of parole in late July by Judge C.J. Williams, chief judge of the United States district court. He was subsequently ordered to reimburse more than $30,000 to the union for those misspent funds.
The Roofers union covers 18 counties in Iowa and Wisconsin, and Wilson was a signatory on three bank accounts owned by the union.
Wilson spent some of the union funds on his own expenses, including payment for a vehicle loan and purchases at department stores. Wilson admitted in his plea to misuse of at least $6,500 in union funds.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Vavricek and investigated by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards.