Ex-UAW Chief Is Charged With Conspiracy in Corruption Probe (2)

Former United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams was charged in a long-running probe of corruption at the labor union that has already netted more than a dozen convictions.

The charges, brought by federal prosecutors in Detroit, come almost exactly a year after the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched the homes of Williams and his successor, Gary Jones, who pleaded guilty in June to embezzlement and racketeering, making him the highest-ranking former union official to admit a role in a scheme to steal more than $1 million in dues.

Williams, 67, of Corona, California, served as president of the union, which ...