The FBI raided the offices of the New York City Central Labor Council at dawn yesterday, carting out boxes of papers as part of an investigation of Brian M. McLaughlin, the council's president, law enforcement officials said. The officials said they were looking at whether Mr. McLaughlin had received improper payments from electrical contractors and had played a role in a suspected scheme to rig bids.
See "F.B.I., in Bid-Rigging Inquiry, Raids Offices of Labor Leader", Steven Greenhouse and William K. Rashbaum, The New York Times, March 2, 2006