Ex-United Auto Workers Boss Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
- Gary Jones is the highest-ranking former UAW official charged
- Conviction part of sweeping U.S. investigation, 14 convicted
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Former UAW chief Gary Jones pleaded guilty to embezzlement and racketeering, making him the highest-ranking ex-official of the labor union to admit to a role in the sprawling corruption scheme.
Jones, who served as president of the United Auto Workers, acknowledged conspiring with at least six other high-level former union officials to steal over $1 million in dues. He is the 14th defendant to be convicted in a sweeping U.S. investigation into embezzlement and illegal payoffs to union executives by officials of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, according to a statement Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Detroit.