The former head of the United Auto Workers, Dennis Williams, has been charged with conspiracy to embezzle union funds, becoming the 15th person charged in connection with a wide-ranging federal investigation into racketeering, bribery and other wrongdoing at the UAW, according to The Detroit News.
Charges against Mr. Williams, president of the union from 2014 to 1018, follow the guilty plea earlier this year by Gary Jones, who succeeded Mr. Williams, to charges of embezzlement, racketeering and tax fraud.
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