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Former lieutenant Straughter paid in $202K to pension fund, could collect $4.11M in retirement

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Former lieutenant Sebastian Straughter, who retired in November 2017, saved $202,458 toward a pension over 31 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Straughter would collect as much as $4.11 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Straughter received $86,323 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Straughter will have already received $266,816 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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