Ex-UAW president pleads guilty to racketeering, embezzlement as part of probe into union corruption
Jones faces up to five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. Imprisonment guidelines under the plea deal are between 46 months and 57 months. Those guidelines may be lowered based on Jones' degree of cooperation, Gardey said.
Court documents and Jones' cooperation suggest more union officials could be charged as federal prosecutors identified four other unnamed co-conspirators in the scheme. Jones' predecessor, Dennis Williams,Homes of Jones, Williams and other union officialsOther high-ranking officials to be convicted as part of the investigation include UAW Vice Presidents Norwood Jewell and Joe Ashton, a formerJones resigned from leading the 400,000-member union effective Nov.
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