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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Former EMT captain Cruz paid in $198K to pension fund, could collect $4.74M in retirement

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Former EMT captain Samuel Cruz, who retired in December 2018, saved $198,446 toward a pension over 28 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Cruz would collect as much as $4.74 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Cruz received $99,609 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Cruz will have already received $202,206 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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