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A former top officer of the Los Angeles Fire Department\u2019s labor union was arrested Wednesday and charged with grand theft and forgery for allegedly stealing more than $82,000 from a charity for injured firefighters.<\/p>\n

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Prosecutors from the state attorney general\u2019s office announced the charges against Adam Walker, former secretary of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, at a news conference. <\/p>\n

Walker \u201cabused a position of trust for personal gain,\u201d Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said alongside Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman. <\/p>\n

Walker opened a foundation bank account and transferred funds to his personal accounts, Bonta said, attempting to conceal those transfers with fake reimbursement records and forging receipts to mislead auditors. He used the funds for personal expenses, including online gambling, Bonta said.<\/p>\n

Walker has been under scrutiny since 2024, when the local union\u2019s parent organization, the International Assn. of Fire Fighters, suspended him from his union position and accused him of improperly depositing more than $75,000 of the charity\u2019s funds into his personal accounts from December 2022 to January 2024. The IAFF accused him of using $5,000 for personal expenses. <\/p>\n

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Walker, who continued to work as a firefighter, told The Times last year that those allegations were false. He said the account he drew from was not for the charity, the UFLAC Fire Foundation, but was set up for two golf tournaments to raise money for a disabled former firefighter. He said all of the deposits were reimbursements for his legitimate out-of-pocket expenses for the tournaments.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot one penny of the money was foundation money,\u201d he said. He said he understood that the deposits \u201clook bad\u201d but were a reflection of his \u201cpoor bookkeeping\u201d and not any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

The Washington D.C.-based IAFF also suspended Walker from his positions as chairman and director of the foundation, which aids injured firefighters and their families, provides scholarships and is helping firefighters who lost their homes in the January fires.<\/p>\n

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