A former top UAW official pleads guilty to federal charges of financial misconduct
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.A former UAW-GM human resources official on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud and a count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Pietrzyk was charged in connection with schemes to use funds from the UAW-GM human resources division to buy UAW logo jackets and watches, and then receive kickbacks from the vendors of those goods, according to court documents. Jeffrey Pietrzyk, a former co-director of the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources, pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud and a count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to court documents. He is the latest in a string of former UAW officials to plead guilty to charges in a wide-ranging Justice Department criminal investigation of corruption within the union.
Pietrzyk was charged in connection with schemes to use funds from the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources to buy UAW logo jackets and watches, and then receive kickbacks from the vendors of those goods, according to court documents. On Sept. 4, former UAW official Michael Grimes pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges in connection with misuse of Center for Human Resources funds, which were supposed to pay for worker training.
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