Iacobelli Plea Agreement
23. September 2021
A powerful retired union leader and former General Motors board member pleaded guilty to bribery Wednesday, admitting to manipulating a $4 million contract for 58,000 bespoke UAW watches, pocketing $250,000 in bribes. Jewell, the most senior UAW official charged in the case, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Paul Borman and admitted to violating a federal labor law prohibiting the exchange of gifts between car agents and labor leaders. „There are many disturbing accusations in Iacobelli`s plea that, whether true or not, appear to have already undermined FCA workers` confidence in the UAW,“ she said. According to the agreement, Iacobelli, Jerome Durden, a former FCA financial analyst, and other undeclared FCA executives and employees made illegal payments to UAW officials to „obtain benefit concessions and benefits for FCA in the negotiation, implementation and management of collective agreements between the FCA and the UAW.“ Monica Morgan-Holiefield, the widow of General Holiefield, is expected to plead guilty to unspecified federal charges on Feb. 6. Plea`s agreement also states that he authorized secret payments of $50,000 each to the selection of UAW officials. Two others pleaded guilty in the plan: ACF financial analyst Jerome Durden and retired UAW deputy director Virdell King. Two others have made pleadings in the scandal and are awaiting sentences in federal court. You are as follows: the Plea Deal suggests that corruption has been more widespread than previously announced.
It took years for Fiat Chrysler officials to flood UAW executives with cash payments and luxury goods, including airfares, jewelry and secret payments of $US 50,000. Former ACF chief negotiator Alfonse Iacobelli pleaded guilty in the federal investigation into corruption at the FCA and UAW. Iacobeli`s plea marks the third conviction in the ongoing criminal investigation into illegal payments to UAW officials. „Today`s admission of guilt represents another victory for hard-working UAW members who have been promised honest and ethical representation by the union leaders who elected them to negotiate with the FCA in their best interests,“ said David P. Gelios, Special Agent at Charge, FBI Detroit Division. Instead, UAW and ACF officials conspired to obtain financial benefits at the expense of their staff, which rightly undermines public confidence in the collective bargaining process. As long as such practices exist, the FBI and its federal partners will continue to aggressively eradicate corruption on corporate and union boards. The program transferred money under the table at the UAW-Chrysler training center to UAW receivers. Another of the alleged conspirators – Monica Morgan, widow of former UAW vice president and Chrysler unit chief General Holiefield – will plead guilty to the scandal. Iacobelli and Morgan have already pleaded not guilty. DETROIT — A plea released last week in the UAW-FCA scandal revealed the confusing network of the corruption case: Federal officials are questioning whether recent contract agreements are valid, union leadership is besieged by angry grassroots members, and more accusations are expected. . .
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