DETROIT — The UAW obtained $1.1 million for the acquisition of a controversial lakefront home in northern Michigan constructed for former President Dennis Williams, The Related Press reported this week.

Williams in Might was sentenced to 21 months in jail for being a key ringleader within the union’s embezzlement scandal alongside together with his successor, Gary Jones. The multiyear federal investigation resulted in 15 convictions.

New UAW President Ray Curry wrote a notice to members Tuesday that the property’s sale was finalized July 23.

The property, Cabin 4 on the UAW convention heart on Black Lake, was listed at $1.3 million and is positioned in Cheboygan County.

Curry stated the cash will go to the union’s normal fund.

“This sale rights a incorrect from the previous, and I need every certainly one of you to know that we proceed to implement ethics reforms all through the group to make sure that the abuses of the previous can by no means occur once more,” Curry stated in his notice.

The sale was delayed by the pandemic, easement points and a federal affidavit that stated the home was “topic to forfeiture to the US,” due to regulation violations associated to the scandal.

Union spokesman Brian Rothenberg stated the Justice Division dropped its objections and solely wished to seek out out who was shopping for the home.