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CalPERS complaint alleges former employee stole $685,000
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CalPERS is suing a former employee in its retirement benefit services division for taking money from 10 dormant retiree accounts, according to a complaint.
The $460.8 billion California Public Employees Retirement System, Sacramento, filed the lawsuit April 16 in California Superior Court in Sacramento against Gloria Najera, a 25-year veteran of CalPERS and a former associate governmental program analyst. From July 2017 until January this year, the complaint alleges, Ms. Najera took about $685,692 from the dormant accounts, depositing the money in bank accounts she controlled, or paying off her or family members debts.
Three of the retirees whose accounts were dormant were under a conservatorship for lack of legal capacity and another was or is homeless.
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The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is suing a former employee who is accused of stealing more than $685,000 from the dormant pension accounts of 10 retirees, court filings show.
The victims include a homeless retiree, CalPERS said in a court filing, as well as several who are under conservatorship, meaning a judge has appointed someone to oversee their financials due to mental or physical disability.
The $460 billion pension fund filed the suit in the California Superior Court in Sacramento on Friday, the court documents show. It is suing Gloria Najera, a 25-year veteran of CalPERS and former associate governmental program analyst, “to recover the stolen funds,” CalPERS said in the complaint.