Posted on 03/26/2022 10:29:10 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
DETROIT (AP) — A former official at a suburban Detroit branch of the United Auto Workers has pleaded guilty to charges that he embezzled more than $2 million in union money.
Timothy Edmunds, 54, pleaded guilty Friday to one count each of embezzling union funds and money laundering during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Detroit, federal prosecutors said.
He had been secretary-treasurer from 2011 to 2021 of UAW Local 412, which represents about 2,600 people who work for Stellantis, formerly known as Fiat Chrysler, at factories in the Detroit area.
Edmunds “systematically drained” the union local’s bank accounts of about $2.2 million by using the labor group’s credit cards for personal purchases, cashing local checks and transferring money into his accounts, according to the criminal case, the U.S. Attorneys Office said.
Prosecutors said he gambled with the money and spent more on guns, cars and child-support payments.
He is now the 17th defendant convicted in an ongoing criminal investigation into corruption within the UAW, proseuctors said.
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“systematically drained” the union local’s bank accounts of about $2.2 million by using the labor group’s credit cards for personal purchases, cashing local checks and transferring money into his accounts”
Really dude? You thought you were gonna get away with that and nobody would notice??
WTH is wrong with people.
… Edmunds is the seventeenth defendant convicted in connection with the ongoing criminal investigation into corruption within the UAW or relating to illegal payoffs to UAW officials by FCA executives…
I thought that was in the job description.
In other news DOG BITES MAN.
Unions exist for certain types to embezzle money from…
democrats...
Unions steal from the company, the workers and the customers.
After all, who wants to pay for this when they can pay for engineering and quality instead?
Who does he think he is, a Democrat politician???
Anybody that wonders why people have soured on unions.....this is it....or at least one of many reasons anyway
Never thought a union official would steal.... Next we may hear that they kill people too. If only Hoffa was not on vacation, he would clean this mess.
I hope the employees of Amazon are paying strict attention to this story.
They will learn that the UNION LEADERS have NO interest in the “employees,” but a great deal of interest in how much MONEY THEY CAN STEAL.
I didn’t think there would be more than seven people in the US who would want to DEAL WITH CORRUPT UNIONS.
And now, there’s Amazon.
What are the odds that the DemonicRats will cover all union debts?
Not that the unions and DemonicRats are related.
Are you saying the Unions may cover the “debt” that these thieves stole.
If that is true, then Union members are being exploited, although, if and when the Teachers Unions are convicted of corruption, I wouldn’t mind that the “once=revered teachers” would have to pay the piper.
I’ll bet the ASS PRESS is unionized.
I’m beginning to feel better already.
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