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                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C.


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. COMPARATOR SYSTEMS
CORPORATION, ROBERT REED ROGERS, SCOTT HITT AND GREGORY ARMIJO,
Civil Action No. 96-3856 (LGB) (JGx) (C.D. Cal.) 

Litigation Release No. 14979 / July 11, 1996
Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 801 / July 11,
1996

     The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced today
that on July 9, 1996, the Honorable Lourdes G. Baird, United
States District Judge, issued a preliminary injunction against
defendants Comparator Systems Corporation, Robert Reed Rogers,
and Gregory Armijo, prohibiting violations of the anti-fraud and
other provisions of the federal securities laws, and continuing
the existing freeze on the assets of the defendants Rogers and
Armijo, subject to temporary allowances for living expenses. 
Defendants Comparator, Rogers, and Armijo stipulated to the entry
of the preliminary injunction.

     On June 13, 1996, Judge Baird issued a preliminary
injunction upon default against defendant Scott Hitt which
prohibits Hitt from violating the anti-fraud and other provisions
of the securities laws and continues the freeze on his assets.

     The Commission's investigation is continuing as to other
issues concerning Comparator and trading in its securities.  See
also Litigation Release No. 14927 and Accounting and Auditing
Enforcement Release No. 786, dated May 31, 1996.