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From June 1999 through September 2003, PCM actively traded U.S. mutual funds through Pentagon Fund's accounts at numerous broker-dealers in the United States, the SEC said.
The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, said Pentagon chief executive Lewis Chester orchestrated a scheme to defraud mutual funds through late trading and deceptive market timing, Reuters reports.
Pentagon manages $2.21 billion in assets in 17 funds.