SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                 Salt Lake City, Utah


             Litigation Release No.  16075 / March 2, 1999
             Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 1113 / March
             2, 1999

             Securities and Exchange Commission v. Lynne K. Mercer,
             U.S.D.C. D. Utah,  No. 1:99CV 00029S

                  On March 2, 1999, the Securities and Exchange
             Commission ("Commission") filed an action charging a
             Bountiful, Utah, accountant with forging the signature of
             his former partner on audit opinions for three publicly-held
             companies.  The Commission alleges that Lynne K. Mercer
             ("Mercer") purportedly audited the financial statements of
             Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc. for fiscal 1993, 1994 and
             1995 and the eight-month period ended February 29, 1996,
             Son-Tech, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1997, and
             Technology Selection, Inc. for the year ended June 30, 1998.
             In issuing the audit opinions for these financial statements
             Mercer signed the name of Ted H. Pierce & Associates, an
             American Fork, Utah, accounting firm, without the firm's
             knowledge or authorization.  The State of Utah revoked
             Mercer's license as a certified public accountant in 1992.
             The Commission's action, filed in the United States District
             Court for the District of Utah, seeks preliminary and
             permanent injunctions against future violations of the
             antifraud provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
             disgorgement and civil penalties against Mercer.