DETROIT — A former United Auto Workers official admitted laundering money and embezzling $2.2 million in union money as part of a guilty plea Friday.
Former UAW Local 412 Financial Secretary/Treasurer Tim Edmunds, 53, of Madison Heights is the 17th defendant convicted in a years-long attack on corruption within the auto industry and one of the nation's most influential unions.
Under terms of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Edmunds could be sentenced to up to 57 months in prison on charges of money laundering and embezzlement. He also will owe the $1.9 million to the UAW after already having returned about $300,000 in union money.
