SB COUNTY: Fraud suspects high on pension list

The Press-Enterprise reports:

Among the more than 400 retirees who receive six-figure pensions from the San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association are three former Sheriff's Department officials accused of falsifying training records to boost their income.

One of them, Michael Stodelle, a retired assistant sheriff, receives the third-highest pension of more than 8,800 retirees who receive benefits from the association, according to data the association provided last week after losing a year-long legal battle with The Press-Enterprise.

Stodelle, a 36-year county employee who retired in 2006, receives an annual pension of $254,640, about $80,000 more than the maximum salary now listed for that position on the county's human resources website.

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