FCA Pleads Guilty for Role in UAW Scandal U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider says FCA conspired to make improper payments to high-ranking UAW officials which were used for everything from personal mortgage expenses, lavish parties and entertainment expenses. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US will appoint an outside compliance officer and pay a $30 million fine after agreeing to plead guilty to a federal charge of criminal conspiracy to violate U.S. labor laws. The automaker says the settlement with the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan “resolves an investigation into past misconduct of certain former FCA US employees involving the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center.”