CINCINNATI — Two leaders of a union representing Cincinnati Metro employees were accused of “severe financial misconduct and ethical violations” in an October complaint from “concerned members” of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 627.

The two-page “formal complaint and request for oversight” was sent to leaders of the union’s international affiliate, Hamilton County Commissioners and Cincinnati City Council on Oct. 22.

Our I-Team received the complaint anonymously and authenticated the document by talking to local union members who confirmed they’d seen it and discussed its content at union meetings.

By distributing the complaint to others, union members made it more likely to spark a criminal investigation, according to Ralph Kohnen, a Taft Law partner who worked as a federal prosec

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