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April 20, 2012Security union's leader probed for possible fraud
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120420/METRO/204200370#ixzz1sZzDovpp
Federal agents are investigating allegations a labor boss stole money from a union whose members guard nuclear power plants, a NASA space center, auto plants and Detroit's three casinos. Racketeering and fraud investigators recently raided the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America's international headquarters in Roseville and the Troy home of labor leader David Hickey, according to federal court records. Search and seizure warrants chronicle a quirky investigation that is focusing on the union's finances and a labor leader who also performs as a popular magician. Along with financial records, agents seized several cases filled with magic tricks, including a rubber dove, foam bricks and card tricks, according to federal search warrants filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit. Agents probably suspect the magic tricks were purchased with money stolen from the union, said Peter Henning, a former federal prosecutor and current law professor at Wayne State University. "If you find a bag of money, you take the bag of money. If you have a bag of tricks, then you seize the bag of tricks," Henning said.
Federal agents are investigating allegations a labor boss stole money from a union whose members guard nuclear power plants, a NASA space center, auto plants and Detroit's three casinos. Racketeering and fraud investigators recently raided the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America's international headquarters in Roseville and the Troy home of labor leader David Hickey, according to federal court records. Search and seizure warrants chronicle a quirky investigation that is focusing on the union's finances and a labor leader who also performs as a popular magician. Along with financial records, agents seized several cases filled with magic tricks, including a rubber dove, foam bricks and card tricks, according to federal search warrants filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit. Agents probably suspect the magic tricks were purchased with money stolen from the union, said Peter Henning, a former federal prosecutor and current law professor at Wayne State University. "If you find a bag of money, you take the bag of money. If you have a bag of tricks, then you seize the bag of tricks," Henning said.
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