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SEC Charges Illinois With Fraud Over Pensions

Posted on March 13, 2013

NPR

This segment covers the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s charge against Illinois for allegedly misleading investors between 2005 and 2009 about the level of underfunding of its pension systems. The Civic Federation said the charges should serve as another wakeup call for legislators as the State’s unfunded pension liabilities continue to grow.