You would never guess it from their music, but UB40 is looking like a hive of scandal after losing two members in three months, both complaining of shady money dealings by the band’s management.

Keyboardist Michael Virtue left the band recently, after a dispute over the way the management was handling the band’s business, saying he could no longer deal with them, Yahoo! News UK reported Thursday. This follows front man Ali Campbell’s departure three months ago for the same reason, and the pair are now joined in an investigation into the business practices of their band’s management.

“I am very upset to be leaving the band, who have been like family for the last 30 years, but feel under the circumstances that this was the only option left open to me,” Virtue said in a statement. “I have been unhappy with the way things have been run for many years and wanted to get to the bottom of the bands' business affairs, which I have been unable to do."

Apparently Virtue and Campbell had both been trying to get information out of their band’s management team for years, but were unsuccessful. It’s understood that getting information out of unwilling corporate pirates is hard, but this is the band’s own management. The band is supposedly paying their rents. What makes things even more suspicious is the band’s official reason for Campbell’s January departure, citing that Campbell’s solo work had begun to interfere with the band’s schedule. According to NME in January, though, Campbell said his solo work has been going on for the last 13 years, and there was never a conflict with the band.

Virtue is understandably wary of how his own departure will be explained, saying, “It certainly cannot be said that I am leaving to pursue a solo career and neither did Ali. Suffice to say, I am extremely disappointed.”

Disappointing it is, that money should be behind the slow disintegration of the ‘80s reggae juggernaut that brought us a danceable rendition of “Red Red Wine” and a head-bobbing, yet still melancholy “(I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You.” What is perfectly obvious is the management is using this sweet exterior as a front for a highly lucrative drug trade, or possibly munitions smuggling. After all, who would question such a beloved band with such a long history? What is also clear is now that the veil has dropped, everyone remaining in the band is a hostage, forced to go on like nothing is wrong, probably for their families’ safety. One may even wonder, how long before a mysterious “accident” befalls either Campbell or Virtue, causing the other to give up the investigation out of “grief?” We’ll have to see where this goes.