USA v. COHEN
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1:23-cr-00134
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February 19, 2026
Feds Rest In Ex-Morgan Stanley Adviser's NBA Fraud Trial
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.
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February 11, 2026
NBA Pro Says He Would've Balked At Deal Over Adviser's Role
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.
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February 10, 2026
Ex-Morgan Stanley Pro Scorns Key NBA Witness In Fraud Trial
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.
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February 04, 2026
NBA Star Tells Of Fury Over Ex-Morgan Stanley Pal's Fraud
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.
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February 02, 2026
NBA Star Says He Didn't Know Of Ex-Adviser's Self-Dealing
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.
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January 29, 2026
Ex-Morgan Stanley Adviser Conned NBA Players, Jury Hears
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.
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December 22, 2025
Ex-NBA Players' Adviser Can't Break Out Of Fraud Case
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.
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April 03, 2025
Recidivist Convicted Of Conning NBA Players Gets 12 Years
A former stockbroker on Thursday was sentenced to over 12 years in prison after he was found guilty at trial last year of swindling two former NBA players out of $8 million, in what the judge called "pure and simple theft" by the recidivist fraudster.
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January 23, 2025
Feds Want 14 Years For Fraudster Who Scammed NBA Pros
Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge to sentence a recidivist fraudster who was convicted of swindling two former NBA players out of $8 million to up to 14 years in prison, saying his previous sentences had not deterred him and he'd committed repeated bail violations.
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November 14, 2024
Man Found Guilty Of Scamming NBA Players Seeks New Trial
A Georgia businessman and recidivist fraudster is seeking a retrial after being convicted of swindling former NBA players Dwight Howard and Chandler Parsons out of a combined $8 million, in a scheme under which the pro basketball players believed their money was going toward legitimate investments.