Indicted Sonoma real estate investment adviser Ken Mattson no longer intends to plead guilty in the year-old criminal case in which he is accused of bilking hundreds of investors out at least $100 million, a federal prosecutor told the district court judge handling the case this week.
“Defense counsel informed the government that the defendant does not intend to plead guilty on June 15, 2026, and will instead persist in his plea of not guilty,” U.S. Attorney Craig H. Missakian said in a June 11 letter to Judge Jon S. Tigar. “Accordingly, at the next court hearing, the government intends to request that the Court set this matter for a jury trial.”
Monday’s court date at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland is expected to be a status conference now, with the government asking Tigar to set a trial date…