Topeka ? Former Westar executive Douglas Lake, convicted of helping to loot the utility company, has asked a judge to allow him to be imprisoned at a minimum-security prison in the Northeast.

Lake, who is from New Canaan, Conn., filed the motion Saturday, a day after a federal judge rejected his and co-defendant David Wittig’s request for a new trial. They are scheduled to be sentenced today.

Wittig already has asked to be housed at the Federal Medical Center at Ayer, Mass.

The two men were convicted in September of looting millions of dollars from Westar Energy while they were the company’s top executives.

In Saturday’s motion, Lake’s attorneys asked U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson to waive a federal classification so he could be housed in a “minimum” federal security facility, if she sentences him to more than 10 years in prison.

The minimum federal security prisons have the lowest security level. A sentence of more than 10 years usually requires a prison with a “low” security rating, which is more restrictive.

Lake did not specify which minimum-security prison he preferred.

Lake also has asked to remain free on bond while he appeals his convictions. Robinson has not ruled on that request.