Ex-UAW President in New Jersey Sentenced for Benefit Fraud

Considering what Sergio Acosta stole, and enabled his business partner to steal, he is one lucky man. On January 15, Acosta, formerly president of United Auto Workers Local 2326 and trustee of a related health plan, was sentenced in Trenton federal court to three years of supervised release for scamming the plan and keeping a […]

Ex-UAW Official Sentenced for Accepting Bribes in Chrysler Scandal

Virdell King wasn’t the main character in the self-dealing among certain officials of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the United Auto Workers. But she may be headed for a brief stretch behind bars anyway. On November 13, Ms. King, a former contract negotiator for the UAW, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern […]