The Security and Exchange Commission has targeted the Miami Marlins, requesting financial records, communications with Major League Baseball officials, minutes of meetings with local government leaders and political campaign-contribution information.
While the subpoenas issued by the SEC do not explicitly detail the purpose of the investigation, the motives are obvious.
The feds want to understand how a group of county commissioners agreed to fund 80 percent of the Marlins new stadium, which cost more than $600 million, without ever seeing the team's financial records -- and whether bribes had anything to do with it.
SEC Targets Marlins For Shady Business