Fiat Chrysler to plead guilty, pay $38M in U.S. corruption probe
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US has agreed to plead guilty and pay a US$30 million fine for a corruption scandal at the union that represents its factory workers, authorities said Wednesday.
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Posted: Jan 28, 2021 1:54 PM ET | Last Updated: January 28
In this May 6, 2014, file photo, a vehicle moves past a sign outside Fiat Chrysler Automobiles world headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. (The Associated Press)
FCA Pleads Guilty for Role in UAW Scandal U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider says FCA conspired to make improper payments to high-ranking UAW officials which were used for everything from personal mortgage expenses, lavish parties and entertainment expenses.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US will appoint an outside compliance officer and pay a $30 million fine after agreeing to plead guilty to a federal charge of criminal conspiracy to violate U.S. labor laws.
The automaker says the settlement with the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan “resolves an investigation into past misconduct of certain former FCA US employees involving the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center.”
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FCA US LLC reaches agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to resolve investigation involving .
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.January 27, 2021 GMT
FCA US LLC reaches agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to resolve investigation involving the National Training Center
Amsterdam, January, 27, 2021 - FCA US LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stellantis N.V. (NYSE / MTA / Euronext Paris: STLA), issued today the following press release.
“FCA US LLC (FCA US) today announces that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan to resolve its investigation into past misconduct of certain former FCA US employees involving the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center (NTC). The agreement, which is subject to U.S. federal court approval, includes a guilty plea to a single count of conspiracy to violate the Labor Management Relations A
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by Ed White, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 27, 2021 2:23 pm ADT
Last Updated Jan 27, 2021 at 2:24 pm ADT
DETROIT Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $30 million fine for a corruption scandal at the union that represents its factory workers, authorities said Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors in Detroit charged the company with conspiracy from 2009 to 2016. The government said company representatives gave more than $3.5 million in cash and other things of value to senior officials at the United Auto Workers.
Details of the payoffs have been public for a few years and acknowledged during guilty pleas by FCA employees and others.