Mich. U.S. Attorney: Former Senior UAW Official Pleads Guilty to Taking Over $1.5 Million in Bribes and Kickbacks
September 04, 2019
September 04, 2019
DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Matthew Schneider, issued the following news release:
Michael Grimes, a former high-level official in the UAW's General Motors Department, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with other UAW officials to engage in honest services fraud by taking over $1.5 million in bribes and kickbacks from UAW vendors and contractors and to conspiring to launder the proceeds of the scheme announced U.S. Attorn . . .
Michael Grimes, a former high-level official in the UAW's General Motors Department, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with other UAW officials to engage in honest services fraud by taking over $1.5 million in bribes and kickbacks from UAW vendors and contractors and to conspiring to launder the proceeds of the scheme announced U.S. Attorn . . .