U.S. prosecutors charge former UAW vice president in corruption probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in Detroit on Monday charged a former United Auto Workers vice president with conspiracy to violate labor laws.
Norwood Jewell, who headed the Fiat Chrysler department at the union, was charged in a criminal information. He is the highest ranking former UAW official charged in the wide-ranging investigation into illegal payoffs to UAW officials. To date, seven people have been sentenced in the government’s ongoing criminal investigation.
A lawyer for Jewell, the UAW and Fiat Chrysler did not immediately comment.
Reporting by David Shepardson
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