March 03, 2026
A Manhattan federal jury on Tuesday convicted a former Morgan Stanley investment adviser on fraud charges, for allegedly defrauding NBA player clients by overcharging them for life insurance investments and misappropriating funds.
February 26, 2026
An attorney for a former Morgan Stanley investment adviser accused of defrauding NBA stars by feeding them overpriced insurance investments and stealing funds told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday the players' own words and other evidence belie the government's claims.
February 25, 2026
A prosecutor told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday that former Morgan Stanley investment adviser Darryl Cohen pulled off a long con of current and former NBA players, winning their confidence and friendship before cheating them out of more than $5 million.
February 19, 2026
Manhattan federal prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against a former Morgan Stanley investment adviser who's accused of defrauding NBA players out of millions of dollars by secretly profiting off their insurance investments and diverting client funds for his own use.
February 11, 2026
A former New York Knicks shooting guard on Wednesday testified that he didn't know his former Morgan Stanley adviser had a stake in the player's $2.1 million life insurance investment and would have passed on the deal had he known, echoing testimony from two other NBA veterans.
February 10, 2026
Counsel for an ex-Morgan Stanley investment adviser accused of defrauding pro athletes out of millions of dollars leaned hard on former NBA player Chandler Parsons in cross-examination after he testified against his onetime friend and go-to money man as the defense sought to discredit one of the government's key witnesses.
February 04, 2026
A former Houston Rockets player on Wednesday testified that he and his former Morgan Stanley investment adviser were the best of friends before he learned of what prosecutors say was a scheme to bilk NBA clients for millions of dollars, and taunted his former financial guru in anger after learning of his arrest.
February 02, 2026
Portland Trail Blazers star Jrue Holiday on Monday told a Manhattan federal jury that he didn't know that his former Morgan Stanley financial adviser was also on the other side of the NBA star's investment in a $10 million life insurance deal, saying it would have been a dealbreaker if he had known.
January 29, 2026
A Manhattan federal prosecutor Thursday told jurors that a former Morgan Stanley adviser defrauded three NBA players out of millions of dollars through investments in wildly marked up life insurance policies, while defense counsel said the case was built on lies by a former client.
December 22, 2025
A former Morgan Stanley financial adviser will still have to face charges of defrauding three NBA players of more than $5 million in schemes involving three former co-defendants, a New York federal judge has ordered.