The former recording secretary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Union pleaded guilty in federal court in Kansas City to embezzling more than $50,000 from union funds.

David L. Scofield, 65, of Independence, pleaded guilty Monday to four counts of bank fraud, one count of embezzlement theft of labor union funds and one count of falsification of an annual financial report filed by a union, according to a press release from the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri.

According to a court document, Scofield was elected to the position of recording secretary in 2005 and was in that job until November 2023.

He oversaw the union's finances by keeping track of the money, making sure dues were collected and given to the union, recording minutes of the quarte

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