"We expect and demand full compliance with our subpoenas," said Gregory G. Mocek, the enforcement director.

"It's the right time after nearly four years," said Mr. Lynch, who has been enforcement director at the S.E.C. since 1985.

Mr. Cutler, 43, became enforcement director in October 2001.

The commission's enforcement director called Gaffey's record keeping "disastrous".

Now he was 61 years old, overweight, flirting with thoughts of retiring as an enforcement director for the State Department of Taxation and Finance.

"We're going to miss him," said Gary G. Lynch, the enforcement director of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A lawyer for the Frank family contacted the Department of Environmental Conservation yesterday asking for a meeting, David Markell, the department's enforcement director said.

Mr. Bresnan, 50, who is an associate enforcement director in Washington, will oversee staffing issues like assignments.

Mr. McLucas, 37, is one of the three deputies to the enforcement director, Gary G. Lynch.

"This was a situation where we had identified a piece of a much bigger puzzle," Mr. Stipano, the agency's enforcement director, said.