Jake West (May 29, 1928 – April 5, 2007) was an American labor union leader, who was convicted of embezzlement.
In 1951, he moved to work in Los Angeles, and in 1961 he was elected as the business agent of his local union.
[1] 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.
The judge stated that the penalty was less severe due to West's age and poor health, as he was being treated for leukemia.