UAW ex-president charged in $1 million embezzlement scheme

Former United Auto Workers (UAW) President Gary Jones, 62, was charged on Thursday with embezzling more than $1 million of union funds. US prosecutors accused Jones of conspiring with fellow union leaders to steal the amount from UAW assets over a nine-year period that began in 2010. The officials used the funds for their own personal benefit, according to a criminal filing unsealed Thursday.