Fairfax County General :
Fairfax Underground
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Feds investigating current and former UAW union bosses (D-Imbeciles) for yearslong embezzlement scheme
Posted by:
How those union dues workin out?
()
Date: September 21, 2019 01:12PM
Feds investigating current and former UAW union bosses for yearslong embezzlement scheme
Current and former top officials of the United Auto Workers union are implicated in a federal investigation into criminal activities involving a yearslong scheme to embezzle members' dues payments.
UAW President Gary Jones and former union President Dennis Williams are two of four unnamed senior union officials found complicit in an embezzlement and money laundering scheme that involved roughly $1 million-worth of illicit transactions, sources told the Detroit News.
"The investigation ... uncovered a multi-year conspiracy involving senior UAW officials embezzling, stealing and unlawfully and willfully abstracting and converting UAW funds to purchase luxury items and accommodations for their own personal benefit," Labor Department Special Agent Andrew Donohue wrote in an affidavit. "The outlay of the funds was not properly approved, was concealed from the view of the UAW members, and used for the personal benefit of the upper echelon of union officials who were elected to represent the members' best interests above their own."
Neither Jones nor Williams have been officially charged with a crime.
The investigation focuses on an operation to hide large expenditures on monthslong stays at villas in Palm Springs, California, over 100 rounds of golf, lavish dinners, cigars, champagne, and other luxury items. The investigation implicates UAW officials overseeing the unions largest area, Region 5, which stretches over 17 western states.
Jones oversaw Region 5 before replacing Williams as the head of the UAW.
Though the officials are unnamed in the federal complaint, the charges described indicate widespread corruption at the highest level of union leadership. The complaint comes public as the union is engaged in talks with several major car manufacturers, including General Motors, to agree on new union contracts before they expire.
"GM is outraged and deeply concerned by the conduct of union officials as uncovered by the government’s investigation and the expanding charges revealed today," GM said in a statement. "These serious allegations represent a stunning abuse of power and trust. There is no excuse for union officials to enrich themselves at the expense of the union membership they represent."
The UAW struck a cautious tone in response to the report.
"While these allegations are very concerning, we strongly believe that the government has misconstrued any number of facts and emphasize that these are merely allegations, not proof of wrongdoing," the UAW said. "Our highest priority is maintaining the trust and confidence of United Auto Workers members."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/feds-investigating-current-and-former-uaw-union-bosses-for-yearslong-embezzlement-scheme
Current and former top officials of the United Auto Workers union are implicated in a federal investigation into criminal activities involving a yearslong scheme to embezzle members' dues payments.
UAW President Gary Jones and former union President Dennis Williams are two of four unnamed senior union officials found complicit in an embezzlement and money laundering scheme that involved roughly $1 million-worth of illicit transactions, sources told the Detroit News.
"The investigation ... uncovered a multi-year conspiracy involving senior UAW officials embezzling, stealing and unlawfully and willfully abstracting and converting UAW funds to purchase luxury items and accommodations for their own personal benefit," Labor Department Special Agent Andrew Donohue wrote in an affidavit. "The outlay of the funds was not properly approved, was concealed from the view of the UAW members, and used for the personal benefit of the upper echelon of union officials who were elected to represent the members' best interests above their own."
Neither Jones nor Williams have been officially charged with a crime.
The investigation focuses on an operation to hide large expenditures on monthslong stays at villas in Palm Springs, California, over 100 rounds of golf, lavish dinners, cigars, champagne, and other luxury items. The investigation implicates UAW officials overseeing the unions largest area, Region 5, which stretches over 17 western states.
Jones oversaw Region 5 before replacing Williams as the head of the UAW.
Though the officials are unnamed in the federal complaint, the charges described indicate widespread corruption at the highest level of union leadership. The complaint comes public as the union is engaged in talks with several major car manufacturers, including General Motors, to agree on new union contracts before they expire.
"GM is outraged and deeply concerned by the conduct of union officials as uncovered by the government’s investigation and the expanding charges revealed today," GM said in a statement. "These serious allegations represent a stunning abuse of power and trust. There is no excuse for union officials to enrich themselves at the expense of the union membership they represent."
The UAW struck a cautious tone in response to the report.
"While these allegations are very concerning, we strongly believe that the government has misconstrued any number of facts and emphasize that these are merely allegations, not proof of wrongdoing," the UAW said. "Our highest priority is maintaining the trust and confidence of United Auto Workers members."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/feds-investigating-current-and-former-uaw-union-bosses-for-yearslong-embezzlement-scheme