Jan 28, 2021
DETROIT (AP) Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $30 million fine for a corruption scandal at the union that represents its factory workers, authorities said Wednesday.
Company representatives gave more than $3.5 million in cash and other things of value to senior officials at the United Auto Workers, federal prosecutors in Detroit said as they charged FCA with conspiracy from 2009 to 2016.
Details of the payoffs have been public for a few years and acknowledged during guilty pleas by FCA employees and others.
FCA spokeswoman Shawn Morgan confirmed the company’s planned guilty plea and fine.
Fiat Chrysler to plead guilty, pay $38M in U.S. corruption probe
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US has agreed to plead guilty and pay a US$30 million fine for a corruption scandal at the union that represents its factory workers, authorities said Wednesday.
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Posted: Jan 28, 2021 1:54 PM ET | Last Updated: January 28
In this May 6, 2014, file photo, a vehicle moves past a sign outside Fiat Chrysler Automobiles world headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. (The Associated Press)
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DETROIT Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $30 million fine for a corruption scandal at the union that represents its factory workers, authorities said Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors in Detroit charged the company with conspiracy from 2009 to 2016. The government said company representatives gave more than $3.5 million in cash and other things of value to senior officials at the United Auto Workers.
Details of the payoffs have been public for a few years and acknowledged during guilty pleas by FCA employees and others.
A few weeks ago, U.S. Attorney for Eastern Michigan Matthew Schneider said after the sentencing of a United Auto Workers official, “We’re not done.” He wasn’t kidding. This Wednesday, FBI and IRS agents in four states raided the homes of UAW President Gary Jones (in photo) and former UAW President Dennis Williams, plus the union’s rural Michigan conference retreat/training center and a couple of other sites in search of evidence of corruption. The actions follow the convictions of several UAW and Chrysler officials for their roles in a bribery and embezzlement scheme, and charges announced this August 14 against now-retired union senior official Michael Grimes for receiving the bulk of nearly $2 million in vendor kickbacks. He pleaded not guilty to wire fraud and money laundering on Wednesday.