Nation IN BRIEF : OHIO : Presser’s Widow Admits Estate Theft
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The widow of Teamsters President Jackie Presser admitted to stealing from his estate, most of which had been left to his two children by a previous marriage. Cynthia Presser, 47, was accused of taking $650,000 while failing to pay into his children’s trust funds. She pleaded guilty in Cleveland to one count of aggravated grand theft. She faces up to 15 years in prison. Presser died in 1988 at the age of 61 while under federal indictment for allegedly masterminding an embezzlement scheme.