41:. He retired in 2001. By this point, the union had become aware that West had been embezzling money, thought to total more than $ 500,000. In 2002, he admitted one charge of embezzling money from a pension fund, to bribe the union's secretary, Leroy Worley, to retire and not stand against West. At trial the following year, he attempted to have the plea thrown out, but was instead sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of $ 125,000. The judge stated that the penalty was less severe due to West's age and poor health, as he was being treated for
34:, and in 1961 he was elected as the business agent of his local union. In 1971, West was appointed as an international organizer for the union, serving until 1983 when he was elected as an international vice-president, and also as president of the Iron Workers District Council in California.
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