UK - A scheme member has kept the majority of an £83,000 overpayment after arguing that he needed the money to fund an "affluent lifestyle".
Mr Cook was overpaid by Rhondda Cynon Taff Council – an administrator of the Local Government Pension Scheme – for 10 years. In total, the overpayments amounted to around £83,000. Mr Cook com...
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