Pennsylvania legislative leaders recently convicted of various crimes withdrew beaucoup bucks from the state retirement system before the hammer came down on them.
Legislators convicted of certain crimes including theft forfeit their pensions.
According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, former House Speaker John Perzel, the Republican from Philadelphia, took a $203,000 lump sum payment.
The T-R did not determine how much former House Speaker Bill DeWeese, the Democrat from Greene County, took. His pension was estimated to be worth $2.8 million.