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Union President’s Daughter Accused of Embezzling From Political Committees

Federal documents indicate she allegedly misappropriated large sums of money from the Seafarers International Union’s political committees. She told federal regulators it was a “mistake.”

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By Taylor Giorno

May 5, 2026 05:33 a.m.

The daughter of the president of the Seafarers International Union has been accused of embezzling large sums of money from the union’s two political action committees, according to communications and other disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission and reviewed by NOTUS.

One of the Seafarers International Union PACs — the Political and Legislative Organization On Watch — accused Chelsea Diab of engaging in “a multi-year effort of misappropriation of Committee funds to her personal bank account and uses and filing false reports with the Commission,” according to a letter it sent to the FEC on March 20.

Then, on April 28, a related committee — the Seafarers Political Activity Donation PAC — told the FEC that it would soon amend previously filed campaign finance reports to “disclose discovered misappropriations” by Diab, who served as both committees’ treasurer.