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SEC sues New Jersey as states’ finances stir fears
The Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting several investigations into what states disclosed about their weakened finances.
The Securities and Exchange Commission, in its first securities-fraud case against a state, accused New Jersey of misleading investors about the health of its two largest state pensions while selling billions of dollars in bonds. State authorities settled the case without admitting or denying wrongdoing, the Wall Street Journal reports. While it singled out New Jersey, the SEC is conducting several investigations into what other states disclosed about their weakened finances. States ranging from California to Illinois to New York have been thrown into financial difficulty by the economy but have been able to avoid disaster by selling bonds to investors, many of them individuals seeking safe, tax-free income.
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