 During the six-year investigation, he recorded over 200 tapes of discussions with other union leaders.On September 14, 2005, officials from the Department of Justice and Department of Labor announced the unsealing of a 13-count indictment against McKay, his brother Robert, and two other AMO officials.Count 1 of the Indictment charged Michael McKay, Robert McKay, the National Secretary-Treasurer of the AMO Union, and former AMO employees Phillip Ciccarelli and James Lynch with conspiring to participate in the affairs of a racketeering enterprise by committing multiple acts involving theft and embezzlement from the AMO Union and the AMO Benefit Plans, graft, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, mail fraud, and honest services fraud.