nola.com Matt Sledge After years of losing money on risky ventures, the New Orleans firefighters pension fund is making sounder investments, according to a new report from Inspector General Ed Michel’s office. Yet while it’s climbing out of its financial hole, the pension fund still hasn’t met all of its promises in a 2015 legal...
wdsu.com Sherman Desselle According to the Office of the Inspector General, an evaluation conducted on the firefighter pension and relief fund revealed that it was lacking for first responders. The purpose of the report was to determine whether the pension fund’s operations were best serving firefighters. Continue Reading
nola.com Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux stopped short of accusing New Orleans firefighters of faking injuries late in their careers to pad their retirement payout, but he noted many have since moved on to “strenuous careers” — in fields such as plumbing, construction, and carpentry — after claiming to be disabled. Continue Reading
THEADVOCATE.com Questionable disability benefits are being handed out at an alarming rate to retiring New Orleans firefighters, who are padding their pensions and costing the city millions of dollars each year, a top city watchdog said Thursday. Continue Reading
