Thursday, August 19, 2010

AMERICA - S.E.C. vs New Jersey

"Pension Fraud by New Jersey Is Cited by S.E.C." by MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, New York Times 8/18/2010

Excerpt

Federal regulators accused the State of New Jersey of securities fraud on Wednesday for claiming it had been properly funding public workers’ pensions when it was not.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said the action was its first ever against a state, and only its second against any government over the handling of a public pension fund. The first was the city of San Diego. More may be in store; the agency announced in January that it had a special unit looking into public pension disclosures. The S.E.C. has been trying to assume more authority over municipal securities.

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