In United States v. McLellan, the First Circuit upheld securities and wire fraud convictions against former State Street Vice-President and head of the Department of Transitional Services Ross McLellan ("McLellan"). McLellan was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on charges of securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. During his tenure as head of the transitional management group, McLellan served as the overseer of State Street's transition management program which assisted large institutional investors in restructuring their portfolios as they transitioned from one asset manager to another. At trial, the prosecution presented evidence that McLellan designed a scheme to promise low commissions to potential clients, then embedded large, hidden commissions into the price of the securities when reporting the prices to his clients.
