USA v. Tournant

  1. December 06, 2024

    Allianz Exec Avoids Prison For $7B Investor Fraud

    A New York federal judge on Friday declined to sentence a former portfolio manager for Allianz SE's U.S. unit to any time in prison for lying to investors about the riskiness of a group of private investment funds that lost over $7 billion when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

  2. June 07, 2024

    Former Allianz Unit Exec Admits Role In $6B Fund Fraud

    A former portfolio manager at Allianz SE's U.S. unit told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that he lied to investors about the risks of the German finance giant's now-defunct Structured Alpha Funds, admitting to his role in a $6 billion fraud.

  3. September 20, 2023

    Ex-Allianz Exec Says $6B Fraud Charges Too Thin On Detail

    The former lead portfolio manager of Allianz Global Investors U.S. on Tuesday asked a New York federal judge to force prosecutors to turn over more details about their $6 billion fraud case alleging that the former executive lied to certain institutional investors about the riskiness of some Allianz funds, and trim down the indictment.

  4. August 17, 2023

    Indicted Former Allianz Exec Ceded Atty Privilege, Judge Says

    A former Allianz executive can't claim that his former attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP betrayed him to obtain a $6 billion fraud settlement with the finance company because he had unambiguously waived his right to attorney-client privilege, a New York federal judge said Wednesday.

  5. August 04, 2023

    Ex-Allianz Exec Can't Nix Charges With BigLaw Betrayal Claim

    A former Allianz portfolio manager who claims his former counsel at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP sold him out to secure a favorable $6 billion deal for the financial services firm cannot escape charges that he was the mastermind behind a scheme to defraud institutional investors, a New York federal judge has ruled.

  6. April 19, 2023

    Ex-Allianz Exec Says DOJ Behind Sullivan & Cromwell Sellout

    A former Allianz portfolio manager told a New York federal judge Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice's corporate criminal enforcement policy was behind his Sullivan & Cromwell LLP attorneys' decision to sell him out to the government in favor of Allianz, its corporate client.

  7. January 30, 2023

    Exec Says Sullivan & Cromwell Sold Him Out For Allianz Deal

    A former portfolio manager for Allianz SE's U.S. unit claims that his old counsel at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP sold him out and used his privileged communications against him in order to secure a favorable $6 billion deal for the financial services firm.