Article: SEC issues two subpoenas in California bond inquiry.(Nevada County, California bonds)

The Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed the Nevada County, Calif., treasurer and a county analyst to testify about a Mello-Roos bond issue underwritten by San Francisco-based First California Capital Markets Group Inc.

Last year, SEC enforcement attorneys launched an informal inquiry into Nevada County's 1990 issuance of the Mello-Roos bonds, asking various participants in the transaction to voluntarily provide information about the now-defaulted bonds.

Sources said the subpoenaing of county employees indicates that the SEC has stepped up its probe by compelling witnesses to testify under oath, a commission procedure known as a formal order ...

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