Well, well, well, look at what we have here.We not only have a formal pronouncement of an ongoing investigation and the possible direction it may be taking, but we have some actual equitable justice going on, at it is on behalf of the people they represent.
UAW is suing for fraud recoveries.
How come the Michigan Attorney General has never sued for fraud recoveries in child welfare?
Oh, wait.
That is because I have been doing it.
A United Auto Workers training center sued two former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles officials and a labor boss's widow Friday to recover more than $2.6 million, portraying itself a victim of a conspiracy that has jolted the auto industry and labor movement.
The UAW-Chrysler National Training Center lawsuit targets several of the key figures charged so far in an ongoing conspiracy case. They include former FCA labor negotiator Alphons Iacobelli; Monica Morgan-Holiefield, the widow of former UAW Vice President General Holiefield; and Jerome Durden, a former FCA financial analyst.
The training center wants to recoup millions squandered in a conspiracy involving Fiat Chrysler executives funneling illegal payments and benefits to UAW leaders. The money was funneled through the training center under a policy created by the auto company’s officials to keep UAW leaders “fat, dumb and happy” and wring concessions favoring the automaker, according to the federal government.
The 20-page complaint also attempts to refocus attention on the training center's good deeds that have been overshadowed by indictments and headlines about illegal payments and conspiracy. The lawsuit noted several programs — including new-hire orientation, skilled-trades and diversity training and classes aimed at preventing discrimination and sexual harassment — that have reached approximately 750,000 people in the last seven years.
The federal investigation started with Fiat Chrysler and the UAW, has led to charges against seven people and has since expanded to Detroit’s other automakers and UAW training centers.
"The (National Training Center" was unaware of defendants' illegal activities due to the active concealment of such activities by defendants Alphons Iacobelli and Jerome Durden and due to the fact that the (training center) reposed trust, faith and confidence in (Iacobelli and Durden) that they were properly performing their legal duties," the training center's lawyer Michelle Harrell wrote in the lawsuit.
Iacobelli and others spent millions on luxuries and sundries, including a $365,000 Ferrari, two pools, a house, new carpet two solid-gold, bejeweled Montblanc fountain pens that cost $35,700 each, according to federal prosecutors.
Morgan-Holiefield, 54, pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return and could spend up to 27 months in federal prison. She also agreed to pay almost $191,000 restitution to the government.
The lawsuit reiterates allegations contained in the federal indictment, specifically, that more than $262,000 in training center funds were used to pay off the mortgage on the Holiefields' home.
Keith Mickens, another former UAW official, admitted transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars from Fiat Chrysler to Holiefield using two companies that Holiefield controlled with his wife. Fiat Chrysler hid the illegal payments by using the training center's bank accounts.
Holiefield and his wife spent the money on various items, including a swimming pool at their Harrison Township home
Durden, 61, of Rochester, meanwhile, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and failure to file a tax return. Durden, who allegedly used some of the training funds for $4,300 in new carpeting at his home, faces up to 37 months in prison.
Iacobelli's lawyer declined comment. Lawyers for Morgan-Holiefield and Durden did not respond immediately to messages seeking comment.
Michael Brown, a former UAW leader, faces more than two years in federal prison after admitting in April he bought more than $7,000 worth of personal items with money that was supposed to help train blue-collar workers and used more money to help the late union Vice President General Holiefield buy a pool.
The 10-count civil lawsuit filed Friday accuses Iacobelli and Durden of fraud, fraudulent concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment and civil conspiracy.
The training center also sued Iacobelli’s wife, Susanne, alleging she benefited from the conspiracy and that training center funds were used to pay for more than $868,000 in personal charges on her credit card.
The training center wants the following judgment:
• $2,661,189 from Alphons Iacobelli.
• $1,145,736 from Susanne Iacobelli.
• $539,219 from Morgan-Holiefield.
• $70,300 from Durden.
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