SPFPA CORRUPTION: Washington, D.C. SPFPA Security Professionals Secretary-Treasurer Sentenced For Embezzlement

D.C. SPFPA Security Professionals Treasurer Charged with Embezzlement

On July 29, Milton Hilliard, former secretary-treasurer of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America SPFPA Local 287, was charged in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in an information count with one count of embezzlement in the amount of $25,575 from the Washington, D.C.-based union. The charge follows an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.

Source:http://nlpc.org/2014/08/22/security-professionals-treasurer-charged-embezzlement/

Washington, D.C. SPFPA Security Professionals Secretary-Treasurer Sentenced For Embezzlement 

On November 25, Milton Hilliard, former secretary-treasurer of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America SPFPA Local 287, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to 180 days of home confinement with electronic monitoring and three years of probation for embezzling $34,612 from the Washington, D.C. union. He also was ordered to pay full restitution plus a $4,000 fine. Hilliard had pleaded guilty in August after being indicted in July. The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.

Source: http://nlpc.org/2015/01/16/washington-dc-security-professionals-secretary-treasurer-sentenced/


The SPFPA has a Long History of Corruption & Embezzlement under the helm of its SPFPA President David L. Hickey.. SPFPA is the True Authority of Corrupt Security Police Unions.

SPFPA CORRUPTION at The Highest Level: Former SPFPA International Assistant Auto Director / SPFPA President in Michigan Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Former SPFPA International Assistant Auto Director / SPFPA Michigan President Devon Madray 

Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

On July 14, Devon Madray, president of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 119, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for embezzling around $20,000 in funds from the Roseville, Mich. (Macomb County)-based union.  The charge follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards

On October 24, Devon Madray, president of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 119, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to one count of embezzling $20,097 in funds from the Roseville (suburban Detroit) union.  She had been indicted in July.  The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.

On February 15, Devon Madray, former president of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 119, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to five years of probation, and ordered to pay $20,097 in restitution and a $100 special assessment, for embezzling funds from the Roseville, Mich. union.  She had pleaded guilty last October after being indicted in July.  The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.

Source: http://nlpc.org/2017/03/06/spfpa-president-michigan-sentenced-embezzlement/

Source: http://nlpc.org/2016/12/05/spfpa-president-michigan-pleads-guilty-embezzlement/

Source: http://nlpc.org/2016/08/17/detroit-area-spfpa-boss-indicted-embezzlement/

TRUTH: The SPFPA is the Real Authority of Corrupt Security Police Unions

SPFPA Corruption: SPFPA President in Maryland Enters Alford Plea for Theft

SPFPA President in Maryland Enters Alford Plea for Theft

On June 1, Keith Franzese, former president of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America SPFPA Local 275, entered an Alford plea in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Md. to one count of theft in an amount of $67,624 from the Greenbelt, Md.-based union. He had been indicted on multiple counts last November for thefts of a substantially greater sum. In an Alford plea, the defendant does not formally admit to have committed the offense but admits that the evidence is sufficient for a conviction. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.

Source: http://nlpc.org/2018/06/21/spfpa-president-in-maryland-enters-alford-plea-for-theft/

Ex-President of SPFPA Local in Maryland Indicted for Theft

On November 21, Keith Franzese, former president of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America SPFPA Local 275, was indicted in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Md. on one count of theft of at least $100,000; two counts of theft of at least $10,000 but less than $100,000; six counts of theft of at least $1,000 but less than $10,000; five counts of theft of more than $500; and one count of embezzlement/fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary for stealing $104,834 from the Greenbelt, Md.-based union. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.

Source: http://nlpc.org/2017/12/14/ex-president-spfpa-local-maryland-indicted-theft/

MGM Detroit Casino, SPFPA Local Union 1111 Faced Federal Charges for Playing Fast and Loose with Worker's Rights

Detroit, MI  – An area MGM Grand Detroit casino employee has filed federal charges against a local security guard union and the casino for blocking her from exercising her rights guaranteed under Michigan’s Right to Work law.

With free legal assistance from the National Foundation, Johnnie Cullens of Detroit filed the unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

On November 18, Cullens, an MGM Grand Detroit employee since 2001, delivered a letter to her employer and the Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 1111 union notifying them that she was resigning her union membership and revoking her union dues deduction authorization – a document used by union officials to collect dues from workers’ paychecks. She also sent the letters by certified mail to the union on November 21.

Because the contract between the SPFPA Local 1111 union and MGM Grand Detroit has expired, Michigan’s 2012 Right to Work law now applies to Cullens and her coworkers. Under Michigan’s private-sector Right to Work law, no worker can be required to join or pay money to a union. Under federal labor law, employees can revoke their dues deduction authorizations once a contract ends.

Even though the company acknowledged Cullens’ union membership resignation, MGM Grand Detroit has begun to confiscate a so-called “security fee” from her paychecks, apparently at SPFPA Local 1111 union officials’ behest. Cullens’ charge against the union alleges that the union has accepted the unlawfully deducted fee.

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SPFPA Security Guard Union Hit With Federal Charges For Illegal Demand That Worker Be Fired

SPFPA Union bosses ignore National won Supreme Court precedent as they demand worker pay up or be terminated

San Francisco, CA (April 26, 2017) – With free legal assistance from Foundation staff attorneys, a Eureka-area worker has filed federal unfair labor practice charges against the International Union of Security Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 247 for illegally demanding the security guard be terminated.

The worker, Jeffrey Nyquist, works as a security guard at Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. In January 2014, Nyquist sent the union a “Beck letter” stating his request to object to paying anything more than can be required by law and requested an independent financial audit of the union’s expenditures. Under the Foundation-won Communications Workers v. Beck Supreme Court decision, workers have the right to opt out of paying full union dues that include union political lobbying and spending and have the right to see an independent financial audit of the union’s expenditures.

Union officials ignored Nyquist’s letter requesting more financial information and made no further efforts to contact him. Suddenly, more than three years later, on April 10, 2017, union officials sent Nyquist and his employer a letter demanding that he be terminated after 14 days unless he paid full union dues or fees for February through March 2017. The letter came despite the fact that union officials ignored their legal obligations to Nyquist regarding his Beck objections, which supersedes his obligation to pay the union dues or fees.

This isn’t the first time an SPFPA union has been caught violating workers’ rights when it comes to illegal union dues seizures. Just weeks ago, an SPFPA local was ordered to pay back approximately $20,000 in illegally seized dues from Washington D.C. – area workers despite a majority of workers having voted to end the forced unionism clause in their contract through an NLRB deauthorization election.

“It is outrageous that union bosses think they can pick and choose what parts of the law they want to follow on any given day,” commented  Foundation President Mark Mix. “No worker should be threatened with termination for simply exercising his rights under the law. This case highlights why California workers need Right to Work protections that would ensure that union membership and dues payment is strictly voluntary.”

Federal Settlement Forces SPFPA VP Joseph McCray and other SPFPA officials to Refund $20,000 After Illegally Seizing Union Dues from Workers

SPFPA union officials continued to collect dues over workers’ objections despite majority vote by employees that ended mandatory payments

Washington, DC (April 3, 2017) – With free legal assistance from Foundation staff attorneys, two Washington D.C. area workers have won a federal settlement from International Union of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) union officials. The settlement dictates that union officials pay back approximately $20,000 in illegally seized dues, with interest.

The two workers, Troy Golson and Yasir Maatoug, work as security guards in the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington, D.C. In November 2015, employees in their company, Coastal International Security, won a deauthorization election against the SPFPA union. A deauthorization election can be called by employees to negate the forced-unionism clause that allows union bosses to have a worker fired for refusing to pay the union dues or fees.

After the successful deauthorization vote, more than 30 Coastal employees sent union officials a dues check-off revocation letter, which legally stops the collection of forced union dues from their paychecks. However, union officials ignored some of the letters and continued seizing dues from many employees’ paychecks, erroneously claiming workers could not stop payment except in a union-determined “window period.”

Under current National Labor Relations Board law, workers who win a deauthorization election have the right to halt automatic deductions from their paychecks immediately simply by sending the union a revocation letter.

The settlement also allows for other workers to receive refunds for illegally seized dues if they can show that they revoked their dues check-off following the deauthorization election in November of 2015. Furthermore, union officials must post and e-mail a notice stating that they “will not collect dues from bargaining unit employees who have revoked their authorizations for payroll deduction of union dues or fees following the deauthorization of the union security clause.”

“This case epitomizes the lengths to which union officials will go to collect every last cent of forced dues they can, even in violation of longstanding law,” said Mark Mix, “Even after a majority of the very workers the union claims to ‘represent’ voted to strip union officials of their forced dues powers, SPFPA union officials continued to illegally seize thousands of dollars in forced dues from them. This case shows why every worker in America should have Right to Work protections that ensure that union membership and payment of union fees are strictly voluntary.”

Source: https://www.nrtw.org/news/washington-dc-workers-win-federal-settlement04032017/

SPFPA Region 4 Vice President Joseph McCray who sits on the SPFPA Executive Board is also responsible for servicing this shop as well as the Washington DC capitol region. McCray is presently under federal investigation for threatening one of its members at Catholic University.

Prior to McCray taking over the Washington DC region both SPFPA former Washington DC directors Calab A. Gray Burriss and Assane Faye were both convicted of embezzling members dues money.

 

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Juan Vielma – “I work to get paid; I don’t pay to work.” Refused to Join SPFPA or Support them Financially

Juan Vielma, 58, was a security guard of 17 years in El Paso, Texas. That is, until he dared to oppose a union. When union officials persuaded his employer to suspend him without pay for exercising his legal rights, he struggled to make ends meet.

His employer, AKAL Security, is a joint-venture of Minnesota-based Deco Security Services and New Mexico-based AKAL Security.

At the order of officials from the International Union of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA), AKAL suspended Juan without pay for over a year because he had exercised his right under Texas’ Right to Work law to refuse to pay union dues. Texas is one of 24 Right to Work states that prohibit compulsory dues.

Juan sought free legal assistance from attorneys at the National Right to Work Foundation. In federal charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Foundation attorneys sought Juan’s reinstatement and back pay, in addition to a notice to all AKAL Security employees about their rights to refrain from forced union membership and dues payment. Eventually, the NLRB issued a formal complaint and conducted a hearing to prosecute the union in late March 2007.

After the hearing, a federal Administrative Law Judge ruled that Juan be reinstated and be fully reimbursed his back wages and benefits lost. However, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office has inexplicably failed to take formal legal action to prosecute the SPFPA union for violating the Right to Work law.

Juan in His Own Words

"I can’t collect unemployment because I’m suspended until I pay the union fees. I’ve got all my bills. I’m two payments behind on my house (mortgage)." –Juan Vielma, speaking to a reporter for the El Paso Times

"For me, I don’t think we need a union." –Juan Vielma, commenting on union membership for the El Paso Times

"I work to get paid; I don’t pay to work." –Juan Vielma, asserting his right under Texas law.

Source: https://www.nrtw.org/juan-vielma-i-work-to-get-paid-i-don-t-pay-to-work/

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SPFPA - Feds Raid Home Of Jesus Campos’ Handler SPFPA President David Hickey

Jesus Campos’ union handler and spokesman David Hickey has had his home raided by federal agents on charges of corruption and racketeering. Hickey was in Las Vegas last week serving as Campos’ official spokesman before the security guard mysteriously vanished. Nobody has seen from Campos publicly in over a week, including Hickey himself. Truepundit.com reports: Federal agents raided Hickey’s home in Troy, Michigan and seized evidence as part of a corruption and racketeering probe, according to federal records. Hickey was suspected of stealing money from union members employed by a NASA space center and nuclear power facilities. Federal agents also raided the union’s headquarters in Roseville, Michigan. Both raids were in 2012. Among the items seized from Hickey’s home were crates of new and unopened magic trick kits. Hickey, in addition to being a union boss and Campos’ handler, is also a magician. (This is not a joke). The revelation that Hickey is also a magician immediately raises a legitimate question: Did the union boss help Campos disappear? Hickey did not return requests for comment. We sent a reporter to Campos’ home in Las Vegas as well for comment. An armed security guard refused our reporter access to Campos’ house. No charges have been filed against Hickey. But charges have been filed against Hickey’s union underbosses. Many charges. In Oct. 2016, Hickey’s predecessor union president Devon Madray plead guilty to embezzling funds from Campos’ union. She was fired and sentenced in federal court. Other criminal action against Hickey’s union include: SPFPA President in Michigan Sentenced for Embezzlement On February 15, Devon Madray, former president of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 119, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to five years of probation, and ordered to pay $20,097 in restitution and a $100 special assessment, for embezzling funds from the Roseville, Mich. union. He had pleaded guilty last October after being indicted in July. The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.

http://nlpc.org/2017/03/06/spfpa-president-michigan-sentenced-embezzlement/

On October 25, 2016, in the Campbell County, Kentucky Circuit Court, Laura Cloyd, former Financial Secretary of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 112 (located in Alexandria, Ky.), was sentenced to three years diversion and was ordered to pay restitution totaling $1,669 for a felony conviction and one year of probation for a misdemeanor conviction. On September 28, 2016, Cloyd pled guilty to Theft by Failure to Make Required Disposition, a felony, and Theft by Unlawful Taking under $500, a misdemeanor. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office. On September 28, 2016, in the Campbell County, Kentucky Circuit Court, Laura Cloyd, former Financial Secretary of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 112 (located in Alexandria, Ky.), pled guilty to Theft by Failure to Make Required Disposition over $500, a felony, and Theft by Unlawful Taking under $500, a misdemeanor. Sentencing is scheduled for October 25, 2016. The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office. On May 30, 2013, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Wayne Patrick Boudoin, former President of Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 709 (located in Houma, La.), pled guilty to a one-count information for embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $16,367.96, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS New Orleans District Office. On November 7, 2012, in the Texas 176th Criminal District Court, Kemberly Fields, a former Texas commissioned law officer and former President of Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 300 (located in Harris County, Tex.), was sentenced to three years of confinement and was ordered to pay $5,644.40 in restitution and a $5,000 fine. On November 5, 2012, a jury found Fields guilty following a trial for aggregate theft from a nonprofit organization, in violation of Texas Criminal Statute Section 31.03. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS New Orleans District Office. The SPFPA Union Headed by Union Boss David Hickey aka Dave Devin (the Magician) has a long history of Corruption & Embezzlement. Read more here.

SPFPA Corruption & Embezzlement

SPFPA has a long history of Corruption and Embezzlement under the leadership of SPFPA International President David L. Hickey. Hickey himself was a target of a FBI and Department of Labor criminal investigation. No charges have been filed against Hickey. But charges have been filed against Hickey’s union underbosses. Many charges. Feds Raided Home of Jesus Campos’ Handler & Union Boss; Vegas Security Guard’s Union Has Long History of Corruption.

https://truepundit.com/feds-raided-home-of-jesus-campos-handler-vegas-security-guards-union-has-long-history-of-corruption/

On February 15, Devon Madray, former president of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 119, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to five years of probation, and ordered to pay $20,097 in restitution and a $100 special assessment, for embezzling funds from the Roseville, Mich. union. She had pleaded guilty last October after being indicted in July. The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.

http://nlpc.org/2017/03/06/spfpa-president-michigan-sentenced-embezzlement/

Detroit-Area SPFPA Boss Indicted for Embezzlement

http://nlpc.org/2016/08/17/detroit-area-spfpa-boss-indicted-embezzlement/

SPFPA Security/Police/Firefighters Local Secretary in Michigan Charged.

http://nlpc.org/2012/02/14/securitypolicefirefighters-local-secretary-michigan-charged/

SPFPA Virginia Local Security Employees President Sentenced for Embezzlement.

http://nlpc.org/2012/05/09/virginia-local-security-employees-president-sentenced-embezzlement/

SPFPA Security Employees President in Virginia Charged; Pleads Guilty.

http://nlpc.org/2012/02/22/security-employees-president-virginia-charged-embezzlement/

SPFPA Security Professionals President in Louisiana Pleads Guilty to Theft.

http://nlpc.org/2013/06/18/security-professionals-president-louisiana-pleads-guilty-theft/

Kentucky Security Officers Local Secretary Sentenced for Theft.

http://nlpc.org/2016/12/08/kentucky-security-officers-local-secretary-sentenced-theft/


SPFPA Security Professionals Secretary in Kentucky Pleads Guilty; Sentenced.

http://nlpc.org/2016/11/15/security-professionals-secretary-kentucky-pleads-guilty-sentenced/

SPFPA Washington, D.C. Security Professionals Secretary-Treasurer Sentenced.

http://nlpc.org/2015/01/16/washington-dc-security-professionals-secretary-treasurer-sentenced/