KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The former secretary-treasurer of a railroad union has admitted embezzling more than $12,000 from the union, depleting the local’s bank account.

Federal prosecutors say Jeremy Bolte of Kansas City pleaded guilty Wednesday to 10 counts of embezzlement by a union officer.
He admitted that while he was with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Lodge 800, he wrote 18 unauthorized checks from the lodge’s bank account and made unauthorized charges on its credit card.

Prosecutors say Bolte’s theft left the lodge with only $33 in its checking account and had an unpaid credit card balance of $401.
He could be sentenced to up to five years in federal prison on each of the 10 counts, plus a fine of up to $10,000 and restitution.