DETROIT – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $30 million fine for a corruption scandal at the union that represents its factory workers, authorities said Wednesday. Al Iacobelli was the head of labor relations at Fiat Chrysler and co-chairman of the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center in Detroit. Training center credit cards paid for more than $30,000 in meals for UAW officials at various restaurants in Southern California, the government said. The government’s investigation began at the training center but stretched to other corrupt acts at the UAW. Fiat Chrysler US is a subsidiary of Stellantis, a company created by the merger of Fiat Chrysler and PSA Peugeot.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A former Fiat Chrysler financial analyst who federal prosecutors say helped illegally funnel worker training funds over a number of years pleaded guilty in the case. Jerome Durden entered the pleas Aug. 8, 2017, in U.S. District Court in Ann Arbor to charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and failure to file a tax return. As part of a plea agreement, he faces up to 37 months in prison. Prosecutors in July 2017 announced charges. Former Fiat Chrysler executive Al Iacobelli was indicted in an alleged conspiracy involving United Auto Workers union vice president General Holiefield and Holiefield’s wife, Monica Morgan.

WARREN, Mich. - Former UAW vice president Norwood Jewell with conspiracy to violate federal labor laws. It centers around the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center (NTC) in Warren, where workers go to learn the craft. The conspiracy allegedly started back in 2009 with former Chrysler-UAW vice president General Holiefield allegedly running it. New information released Monday says Norwood stepped into the office of the vice president and right into this conspiracy. UAW President Gary Jones spoke about this last week.

WARREN, Mich. - Former UAW vice president Norwood Jewell has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for a conspiracy to violate federal labor laws. The conspiracy allegedly started back in 2009 with former Chrysler-UAW vice president General Holiefield. Jewell is accused of stepping into the office of the vice president and right into the conspiracy. He will serve his time in a West Virginia federal prison, officials said. Here is a UAW statement on the sentencing:"The sentencing of Norwood Jewell speaks for itself.