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Janus Capital Group, the Denver-based investment firm, manipulated handwritten notes submitted as evidence in a lawsuit filed by a former fund manager, a state court judge ruled.
“What I have found is manipulation of critical evidence that would have resulted in false testimony had it not been uncovered,” District Court Judge John McMullen said in a transcript of a Jan. 30 hearing.
McMullen ruled that Janus can’t present the notes that it claimed were evidence that former manager Edward Keely was given notice his contract would be changed. Keely left the company in May 2007 and has sued for about $5 million, saying Janus violated the terms of his employment contract.
