Former UAW President Gary Jones charged in US corruption probe

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Former United Auto Workers (UAW) President Gary Jones was charged on Thursday with embezzling more than US$1 million of union funds amid a U.S.

FILE PHOTO: Former United Auto Workers President Gary Jones delivers remarks at the opening plenary session of the National Association of the Advancement for Colored People's annual convention in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca CookDETROIT: corruption probe that has raised the specter of a federal government takeover of the union.

Matthew Schneider, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, said federal officials would continue to investigate any corruption allegations, and a takeover of the union remained an option. The charging of Jones and other senior UAW leaders has shaken the union and led General Motors Co to file a racketeering lawsuit against its smaller rival, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV . FCA has brushed off the lawsuit as groundless.Jones resigned his post and UAW membership in November after the union removed him from office, as U.S. prosecutors widened a criminal investigation of illegal payoffs in which at least 13 people have pleaded guilty.

Jones was implicated in the corruption case in September when his former deputy was arrested on embezzlement charges.

 

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