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7th Suspect Pleads Guilty in FCA-UAW Corruption Scandal
Nancy Johnson, formerly the United Auto Workers union’s second-top official for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, has become the seventh person to plead guilty in the FCA-UAW corruption scandal.
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Nancy Johnson, formerly the United Auto Workers union’s second-top official for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, has become the seventh person to plead guilty in the FCA-UAW corruption scandal.
Johnson, who has agreed to cooperate in the continuing investigation, admits she accepted resort trips, luggage, jewelry, expensive clothing, first-class air travel and other illegal payments from FCA. She was charged four months ago with conspiring to corrupt the labor negotiation process, The Detroit News reports.
Johnson, who will be sentenced on Nov. 19, faces up to 18 months in prison and an order to pay restitution. U.S. Dept. of Justice prosecutors say her experience illustrates a pattern by which FCA funneled illegal payments to UAW officials through a jointly operated UAW-FCA employee training center.
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