June 12, 2026
A former California investment executive told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that he lied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, copping to a lesser count of obstruction after prosecutors initially charged him with a $600 million "cherry-picking" fraud.
December 16, 2024
A California investment executive on Monday denied cheating a group of his firm's clients by assigning them poorer-performing trades, pleading not guilty before a Manhattan federal judge to what prosecutors call a $600 million criminal "cherry-picking" fraud.
November 25, 2024
Federal prosecutors have accused Ken Leech, the former chief investment officer of Western Asset Management Co., of participating in a $600 million "criminal cherry-picking scheme" in which he favored certain clients at the expense of others, according to an indictment unsealed Monday in New York federal court.