Federal agents have raided the home of a Michigan-based labor boss amid allegations that he may have stolen money from union members who guard nuclear power facilities and a NASA space center, according to the Detroit News.

Three officers of a Walt Disney Land local police security union allegedly received payoffs to affiliate with a national union, according to sources, and the U.S. Department of Labor is now investigating. IESA Local 1955, which represents about 1,500 security personnel in California’s Disneyland, became affiliated with the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) in October 2021.

Kemberly Fields, a former commissioned law officer and President of the Security, Police, Fire Union Local 300, was accused of stealing $23,000 from her union.

On September 26, Laura Cloyd, former financial secretary of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America Local 112, pleaded guilty in the Campbell County, Kentucky Circuit Court to one count of felony theft and one count of misdemeanor theft from the Alexandria, Ky.-based union.  A month later, on October 25, she was sentenced to three years of diversion and ordered to pay $1,669 in restitution.  The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office

Michael Hough Former Security, Police, Fire Union Region 3 Director pleads guilty and is forced to resign his position as Region 3 Director. The case involved Mr. Hough stealing a former rival security unions entire membership list and other confidential information upon resigning his position as Vice President of UGSOA and turning this confidential information over to the Security, Police Fire Union to be used to raid UGSOA shops. Federal Agents Raided Hough’s home and caugh

On July 31, Dianne Drawdy, former financial secretary of Security, Police and Fire Professionals Local 576 in Baxley, Georgia, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia to embezzling union funds in the amount of $17,900. She had been charged in April following an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.