Posted on Thursday, 15th November 2007 by Patrick Dorwin

The investigation of the latest pension scandal is being placed on hold while those with the most to hide try to curtail the scope of the investigation. So instead of the process moving forward, it is being successfully stalled.
County pension investigation stalls
Three months after Milwaukee County pension officials initiated a sweeping search for pension-system improprieties, [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, 26th September 2007 by Patrick Dorwin

This is good news.
Walker: Pension probe may uncover crimes
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said today it appeared crimes were committed in connection with the county’s pension “buyback” program that’s now the subject of an in-house investigation.
“We think some of them are potentially criminal,” Walker said of the buybacks, in which some employees were able [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 16th August 2007 by Patrick Dorwin

The Milwaukee Pension board has approved an independent investigation of their fraudulent pension buyback program. They did however block a John Doe hearing from the District Attorneys office. But they still have to please the 800 pound gorilla in the room, the IRS.
Pensions probe approved
The Milwaukee County Pension Board on Wednesday approved an independent [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, 8th August 2007 by Patrick Dorwin

The money grubber Sue Baldwin has lost another of her lawsuits against the taxpayers of Milwaukee that are paying her over $50,000 a year in her retirement. With the latest pension scandal, they are considering an effort to pay back the money that she has illegally been paid through the buy-back program that has been [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 4th August 2007 by Patrick Dorwin

Now that the outrageous and illegal “pension buy-back” scandal that could cost Milwaukee County taxpayers another $50 million has been exposed, county pension officials are scrambling to recover some of the money in an effort to stave off the IRS.
Former Parks Director Sue Baldwin (wife of former Sheriff Lev Baldwin) and several others will [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 28th July 2007 by Patrick Dorwin

This looks to be huge. The county, under Tom Ament and before, allowed county workers to “buy into” a plan that would turn non-pension eligible time into “five- or six-figure pension gains over a retirement lifetime.”
Pension twist costs county millions
Ignoring county law and federal tax rules, Milwaukee County let employees change history by ‘buying back’ [...]

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