On February 7, Robert Clearwater, former president of National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) Local 14-8, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas on one count of embezzlement in the amount of $11,681 and six counts of making false statements in the financial records of the Topeka-based union to conceal the thefts. NAGE is an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union. The indictment follows a probe by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
