USA v. McLellan et al

  1. June 04, 2018

    The Jury's In For Ex-State Street Exec's Fraud Trial

    A federal jury was impaneled Monday in Boston to hear a four-week trial and decide whether a former State Street executive used his role overseeing global asset transitions to overcharge clients, including the retirement funds for British postal workers and Irish treasury employees.

  2. May 29, 2018

    Judge Implores State Street's Former Counsel To Testify

    A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday beseeched three former State Street attorneys in Ireland and the Netherlands to testify voluntarily at a fraud trial next week of a former executive at the bank holding company, in a last-ditch effort to avoid questions about the trial's fairness that could be fodder for appeal.

  3. May 23, 2018

    Ex-State Street VP Wants Gov't Agreement Nixed From Trial

    Former State Street Corp. Vice President Ross McLellan asked a Massachusetts federal judge Tuesday to exclude the company's deferred prosecution agreement from his trial, saying the corporate guilty plea was too prejudicial to be used as evidence that he swindled clients.

  4. May 16, 2018

    Ex-State Street VP Loses Bid To Invoke Evidence Treaties

    A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday declined to trigger a foreign treaty to help a former State Street executive access documents and depositions from co-workers and clients he allegedly swindled that could aid his defense against securities fraud charges, but expressed concern that the government can access evidence abroad.

  5. May 04, 2018

    Another Ex-State Street VP Charged With Bilking Insurer

    A former vice president for State Street Corp. was arrested Friday and charged in Massachusetts federal court with conspiring with another, already indicted former company executive to secretly pump up commissions, defrauding an insurance company out of $800,000.

  6. April 10, 2018

    DOJ Assists Ex-State Street Exec Chasing Foreign Evidence

    The U.S. Justice Department has come to the aid of a former State Street executive charged with securities fraud who was struggling to get evidence from the overseas clients he allegedly swindled, a prosecutor said Tuesday in a show of sportsmanship two months before the case is scheduled for trial in Boston.

  7. March 26, 2018

    Ex-State Street Exec Seeks DOJ Help To Get Foreign Evidence

    Counsel to a former State Street executive argued in court on Monday for a federal judge to force prosecutors to wield their influence and international treaties to procure statements and documents that could aid the Boston broker-dealer charged with swindling foreign clients.

  8. February 27, 2018

    Ex-State Street Exec Can't Dodge Fraud Charges, Court Says

    A Massachusetts federal judge has denied dismissal bids by a former State Street executive facing charges of scheming to add hidden commissions to large trading jobs for foreign clients and of similarly defrauding a U.S. insurer, saying Tuesday that most of the arguments made can't be considered at this early stage.

  9. February 22, 2018

    DOJ Fights Ex-State Street Exec's Bid To Sever New Charge

    The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Massachusetts federal court on Wednesday not to split a freshly filed charge against a former State Street executive into a separate trial, saying the new charge goes after the same scheme only targeting a different victim.

  10. February 07, 2018

    Ex-State Street Exec Faces New Charge Of Bilking Insurer

    Prosecutors on Wednesday added to a charge in a case against a former executive at State Street Corp., saying he duped a U.S. insurer into paying a hidden commission on fixed income trades just as he had overseas clients.