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Convicted Pennsylvania Judge Joyce to Keep $82K Pension
June 23, 2009
A retired Pennsylvania Superior Court judge will not forfeit his $82,000 annual pension for the
insurance fraud that landed him in federal prison for 46 months.
That's because the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System has determined judge Michael Joyce's $440,000 insurance fraud conviction wasn't related to his public employment.
Joyce began serving his sentence a minimum-security federal prison in West Virginia in April.
The 60-year-old Joyce was convicted in November of mail fraud and money laundering for allegedly exaggerating neck and back injuries to collect $440,000 in insurance claims stemming from a fender bender in August 2001.
Federal prosecutors are still seeking to forfeit Joyce's home because they say he used some of the money to pay for it.
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Erie Times-News
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| Subject |
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| RE: You get what you deserve |
wudchuck |
Jun 24, 2009, 5:47 am |
| You get what you deserve |
Dems = mafia in Pa |
Jun 23, 2009, 1:30 pm |
| A farce and a sham |
outraged |
Jun 23, 2009, 12:30 pm |
| WTF |
insurance geek |
Jun 23, 2009, 12:26 pm |
| "Good Decision" |
Darwin |
Jun 23, 2009, 9:27 am |
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