By Steph Willems on June 3, 2020
Gary Jones, the former United Auto Workers president who stepped down
last November amid growing suspicion of wrongdoing, pleaded guilty
Wednesday to involvement in a racketeering scheme that saw UAW officials
soak themselves in funds earmarked for workers.
Jones is the biggest fish thus far caught in a wide net cast by
federal investigators — a net that’s captured nearly a dozen current or
former UAW execs with their hands in the till. In the former UAW prez’s
case, more than a million dollars’ worth of union dues flowed not into
training programs or other benefits, but into lavish living and
high-priced toys.
Will Jones see a lengthy term in the clink, you ask? What do you think?
As reported by The Detroit News, prosecutors could have gone for a 5-year term, but instead suggested a jail sentence of up to 57 months. Jones’ cooperation in the ongoing probe into union corruption earned him a shot at a reduced sentence.
Federal agents arrested Jones in early March, charging him with embezzlement, racketeering, and tax evasion. With the assistance of four co-conspirators, prosecutors say Jones conspired to divert funds earmarked for workers towards trips, expensive villas, golf equipment, cigars, and high-end (up to $400 a bottle) booze. Jones and others hid the goodies in the expenses of official UAW conventions and certainly didn’t inform the IRS of the side income at tax time.
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Will Jones see a lengthy term in the clink, you ask? What do you think?
As reported by The Detroit News, prosecutors could have gone for a 5-year term, but instead suggested a jail sentence of up to 57 months. Jones’ cooperation in the ongoing probe into union corruption earned him a shot at a reduced sentence.
Federal agents arrested Jones in early March, charging him with embezzlement, racketeering, and tax evasion. With the assistance of four co-conspirators, prosecutors say Jones conspired to divert funds earmarked for workers towards trips, expensive villas, golf equipment, cigars, and high-end (up to $400 a bottle) booze. Jones and others hid the goodies in the expenses of official UAW conventions and certainly didn’t inform the IRS of the side income at tax time.
From The Detroit News:...........To Read More....
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