CLEVELAND – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor has led to criminal charges for two former union officials who allegedly embezzled approximately $350,000 from the union members they swore to serve.An investigation by the department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards in Cleveland found that the former president and secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 1746 conspired to access the union’s finances for unauthorized transactions for their personal benefit from 2017 to 2022.Criminal charges were filed this month in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against the union’s former President