Fiat Chrysler, Union Probe Yields 7th Prison Sentence of 2018 (1)

A former United Auto Workers administrative aide was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison Dec. 18 for her part in an embezzlement scheme in which millions of dollars were diverted from a training center to union and automotive executives.

The sentencing brings an end to the first phase of the Justice Department’s investigation into the illicit use of union training center funds. The government contends that the UAW-Fiat Chrysler National Training Center was used as a conduit to facilitate payments from the auto industry to union and company executives, buying peace from the labor union during ...