Detroit FCA US LLC (FCA, a/k/a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles), one of the big three American automobile manufacturers, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the Labor Management Relations Act, also known as the Taft-Hartley Act, by making illegal payments to officers of the United Auto Workers union, Acting United States Attorney Saima S. Mohsin announced today.
FCA is the American operating subsidiary of Stellantis, and it is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Today, a representative of FCA appeared in a virtual court hearing before United States District Judge Paul D. Borman and admitted that the company had conspired with other entities and individuals to violate the Taft-Hartley Act by making more than $3.5 million in illegal payments to officers of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) during the period 2009 through 2016. During the conspiracy, executives of FCA, including Alphons Iacobelli, Jerome Du
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Fiat Chrysler pleads guilty for years of illegal payments to UAW officials
By Ingrid Kelley and FOX 2 Staff
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FCA has agreed to plead guilty with a stiff $30 million fine and was placed on probation.
Fiat Chrysler pleads guilty to charges of illegal payments to UAW
One of the Big Three in the spotlight but for all the wrong reasons - facing serious charges about criminal activity that went on for nearly a decade. Charging FCA US with conspiracy to violate federal labor law by making millions of money in illegal payments to UAW union, said US Attorney Matthew Schneider. From 2009 to 2016 FCA conspire to make over $3.5 million in illegal payments to UAW officials.
Grand Rapids Business Journal
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.
Company representatives gave more than $3.5 million in cash and other things of value to senior officials at the United Auto Workers, federal prosecutors in Detroit said as they charged FCA with conspiracy from 2009-16.
Details of the payoffs have been public for a few years and acknowledged during guilty pleas by FCA employees and others.
FCA spokeswoman Shawn Morgan confirmed the company’s planned guilty plea and fine.
Jan 28, 2021
DETROIT (AP) 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.
Company representatives gave more than $3.5 million in cash and other things of value to senior officials at the United Auto Workers, federal prosecutors in Detroit said as they charged FCA with conspiracy from 2009 to 2016.
Details of the payoffs have been public for a few years and acknowledged during guilty pleas by FCA employees and others.
FCA spokeswoman Shawn Morgan confirmed the company’s planned guilty plea and fine.