Scranton investigating if six employees got excess pension benefits

Feb. 08– Six retired Scranton employees who received retirement incentives for which they did not qualify could be forced to repay tens of thousands of dollars. The retirees’ overpayments ranged from about $68,000 to $86,000 over the roughly 12- year period, for a total of $474,328 as of January, according to a Sunday Times analysis. At issue is a 2002 retirement…