Former union boss Darren Greenfield pocketed thousands of dollars in bribes. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS

Former senior CFMEU officials should not be jailed for giving into temptation when taking elastic band-bound bundles of $5000 in a literal under-the-table corruption scandal, their lawyer argues.

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Darren Greenfield, 60, and his son Michael, 40, accepted bribes from a building company for preferential treatment from the union and access to contracts.

The NSW branch secretary for the CFMEU took four bribes totalling $20,000 between November 2018 and June 2020.

His son, the br

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