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Former United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams was ordered to spend 21 months behind bars for embezzling thousands of dollars in dues from the labour union to fund a lavish personal lifestyle.
U.S. District Judge Paul Borman imposed the sentence Tuesday on Williams, one of several high-ranking officials charged in a sweeping five-year federal investigation. Williams served as president from 2014 to 2018, was charged in August 2020 and pleaded guilty the following month. His successor, Gary Jones, admitted to similar conduct in June 2020 and is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
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Publishing date: May 11, 2021 • 3 days ago • 1 minute read •
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A former president of the United Auto Workers, Dennis Williams, was sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined $10,000 on Tuesday for conspiring to embezzle union funds as part of a larger federal probe of corruption in the union.
Williams, 68, is one of 16 people convicted in a wide-ranging probe conducted by the office for the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, which last December reached a deal with the union for independent oversight.
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Dennis Williams, who rose through the ranks to lead one of the most important unions in the United States as president of the UAW, is heading to prison for his role in the long-running corruption scandal.
Entrusted with a legacy built on the backs of generations of autoworkers and the memory of labor giants like Victor and Walter Reuther, Williams chose corrupt perks when he should have been focused on the interests of the union s 400,000 members and 580,000 retirees, prosecutors said.
Williams, who pleaded guilty in September to a charge of conspiracy to embezzle union funds, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit by Judge Paul Borman to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine in addition to restitution to the UAW amounting to $132,000. The proceeding, like many others during the coronavirus pandemic, was held via Zoom.