Driven by Greed

Fiat Chrysler executive Alphons Iacobelli used training center funds to buy two $36,000 jewel-encrusted fountain pens. The Montblanc pens honoring President Abraham Lincoln feature 18-karat gold fittings, a blue sapphire embedded in the clip, a mother-of-pearl cap ringed by three diamonds and an 18-karat gold tip.

The UAW spent more than $15,000 renting this private villa for President Dennis Williams near Palm Springs, Calif., in late 2015 and early 2016, prosecutors say.

The UAW spent more than $10,000 of membership dues to rent a private villa for President Gary Jones near Palm Springs, California, prosecutors said.

The UAW spent $60,000 between 2016 and 2018 on meals at LG’s Prime Steak House and Johnny Costa’s Ristorante outside the scheduled dates of union conferences. That included more than $6,599.87 for a New Year's Eve meal in December 2016, $1,942 on liquor, $1,440 on wine, a $1,100 tip and a purchase of four bottles of Louis Roederer Cristal Champagne for $1,760.

Money that was supposed to train blue-collar workers, instead, paid for a $2,182, Italian-made, Beretta shotgun costing for UAW Vice President Norwood Jewell as a birthday present in August 2015.

During a 2015 UAW party paid for with Fiat Chrysler cash, attendees received a wine bottle honoring union Vice President Norwood Jewell. The wine and party cost $25,065.

Federal investigators describe a "culture of alcohol" within the top ranks of the United Auto Workers. The union used member dues to buy premium alcohol while in California, including Crystal Head Vodka, which cost $175 per bottle. The brand was founded by Hollywood actor Dan Aykroyd.

In March 2015, UAW leader Nancy Adams Johnson spent $1,160 in worker training funds on a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes.