Will my boss keep

jkelly90

A few months ago my boss was suspended for committing major fraud. He embezzled at least £25k of public money within the last year and more and more is coming out of the woodwork now, that figure could easily be double that, and this doesn't include what is likely to be over £100k of money he embezzled a few years ago but manged to worm his way out of (there wasn't enough evidence for that).

I collected extensive evidence to prove what he's been doing in the last year which has led to a major audit investigation and the police have also taken on the case. I had another interview yesterday as they have finally interviewed him and he's spouted a load of lies that have easily been rebuked. Basically it looks like there's no way he can get out of it, which is great.

However, what with this being local government he has been on full pay since his suspension three months ago, which is infuriating enough, but a colleague mentioned to me yesterday that if he resigns before they dismiss him (which he's likely to do, he went on sick after he got suspended to avoid attending his disciplinary hearings so I assume someone is advising him) then he will keep his 18 years service pension. This is just crazy, this man has committed so much fraud and embezzled so much public money I don't know how he could be allowed to keep any benefits.

So I wanted to find out whether this is actually true, considering the severity of the case and the police are involved and everything, is it actual possible that he might get away with keeping his pension?

ILW

His employer will probably try to keep things quiet as it could be embarrasing.

paddyrg

Shouldn't affect the police investigation, though.

You could always erm...... I wonder if the local papers have asked the police about the incident to keep the interest up? Or if it's national public money, there's always a tabloid ready to be outraged...

Andy_L

It makes no difference to his pension if he resigns or is fired. It is however a common "bloke said, down the pub" myth

If, as seems likely, he is found guilty then the employer can retain his pension up to the value of the loses they have covered so the cash he embezzeled, investigation/trial costs (eg your time talking to the police)

Dogger69

paddyrg wrote: »

Shouldn't affect the police investigation, though.

You could always erm...... I wonder if the local papers have asked the police about the incident to keep the interest up? Or if it's national public money, there's always a tabloid ready to be outraged...

Newspapers will not touch this story whilst the police investigation is ongoing.