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By Nick Carey
(Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) monday asked a U.S. federal ruling to reject General Motors Co’s request to re-establish an organized crime lawsuit that opposes its smaller rival, comparing a recent GM filing with a “third-rate spy.” film, full of absurd accusations.”
Last week, U.S. automaker Number 1 asked U.S. District Judge Paul Borman to reopen the case, had new data on foreign accounts used in an alleged corruption scheme involving the FCA and united Auto Workers (UAW) union leaders.
In its first lawsuit last year, GM alleged that the FCA bribed UAW officials for many years to corrupt the collective bargaining and profit-making procedure, costing GM billions of dollars. GM in search of “substantial damages” that, according to one analyst, may have totaled at least $6 billion.
But last month, Borman downplayed the organized crime lawsuit, saying GM’s alleged injuries were caused by alleged fcA violations.
In its most recent presentation, the FCA stated that, since it operates services in Italy and more than 40 countries, the lifestyle of foreign bank accounts is “banal and not illegal”.
Following the FCA’s submission, GM stated that it intended to warn of “the full extent of the damage through the FCA’s corruption scheme to GM.”
“Corruption of the collective bargaining procedure through the FCA remains undeniable,” the automaker said in a statement.
FCA is expected to merge with the French PSA until the first quarter of 2021.
“It’s Array … transparent to me that this series of attacks is similar to our good fortune at festivals and victories where it counts, in the market,” FCA chief executive Mike Manley wrote in a letter to workers notified through Reuters on Monday. “The continued strengths we have demonstrated over the past decade will be implemented even better as we complete our merger with PSA Group.”
(Information through Nick Carey; Editing through Steve Orlofsky and Nick Zieminski)