New Jersey’s Pension Fraud Hurts Investors, Taxpayers and Retirees

By: Wednesday August 25, 2010 7:28 am

Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did something it has never done before. It charged the state of New Jersey with fraudulently misleading investors about the health of the state’s pension plan. From 2001 to 2007, the SEC charged, the state gave out false information about the state’s retirement funds.

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New Jerseyans rally, 35,000 strong at the state house in Trenton to protest cuts to education, healthcare and public services throughout the state.

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