S.E.C. Recoups Bonus of Former Beazer Executive

``The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Tuesday that it had reached a settlement with the former chief financial officer of Beazer Homes USA to recover $1.4 million in bonus and stock profits. The executive, James O'Leary, received the money in the fiscal year 2006, a period when the home builder was committing accounting fraud, according to the S.E.C. release.''