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TexasTowelie

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Fri Oct 30, 2020, 05:31 AM Oct 2020

For the first time, state board strips pension of a former State Police trooper convicted in fraud

For the first time, state board strips pension of a former State Police trooper convicted in fraud scandal


The state’s retirement board on Thursday stripped the pension of a veteran Massachusetts State Police trooper convicted in a high-profile payroll fraud scheme, marking the first time the panel has punished an officer implicated in the sprawling scandal.

The five-member board voted to take away former trooper Paul Cesan’s pension, which would have paid the 52-year-old from Southwick and his former wife nearly $80,000 a year for the rest of his life. The board rarely strips pension benefits from state employees.

Cesan, a 25-year veteran of the State Police force, retired in March 2018 as the pace of the federal probe quickened. He was arrested in June 2018 and later pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he collected more than $29,000 for overtime hours he did not actually work in 2016. He was sentenced to serve a year of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution as well as a $5,500 fine.

Cesan will still keep $180,000 he contributed on his own to his pension.

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/29/metro/first-time-state-board-strips-pension-former-state-police-trooper-convicted-fraud-scandal/
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