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Former U.A.W. President Gary Jones Pleads Guilty [1]

['Neal E. Boudette']

Date: 2020-06-03

The former president of the United Auto Workers Union, Gary Jones, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to embezzling union funds, becoming the highest-ranking union official to admit wrongdoing in a wide-ranging federal investigation that has involved more than a dozen senior union officials and at least three executives from Fiat Chrysler.

Under a cooperation agreement reached with federal prosecutors, Mr. Jones, 63, acknowledged using more than $1 million in union funds for vacation rentals, golf outings, clothing, liquor and expensive meals. According to prosecutors, Mr. Jones spent some $60,000 just on cigars and smoking paraphernalia.

In hearing held via Zoom before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Mr. Jones admitted filing expense reports to the U.A.W. that concealed his use of union funds.

“While some of these expenditures related to union activities, others were personal in nature and did not relate to union business,” he said. “I recognize that my actions violated the law as well as my sworn obligation to my fellow union members.”

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/business/gary-jones-uaw-pleads-guilty.html

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