HOUSTON, June 19 (UPI) -- R. Allen Stanford, a Texas entrepreneur knighted by Antigua, was charged Friday with a $7 billion scheme to defraud investors, officials in Houston said.
HOUSTON, April 21 (UPI) -- Texas financier R. Allen Stanford said he was innocent of running an $8 billion Ponzi scheme, claiming he stood out as a target for regulators.
HOUSTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The chief investment officer of Stanford Financial Group obstructed a U.S. government inquiry into a suspected pyramid fraud scheme, prosecutors say.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Tax records show the Internal Revenue Service filed a $104 million tax lien against Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, before recent fraud allegations arose.
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Five regional banks in Antigua said they would help the government run the Stanford International Bank, which is under investigation for fraud.
SAINT JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The Bank of Antigua has been seized by Caribbean regulators amid fraud accusations aimed at its owner, Allen Stanford, officials said.
HOUSTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- FBI agents located Allen Stanford, the Texas financier suspected of running an Ponzi scheme, in Virginia Thursday, the bureau said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday accused Stanford Financial Group Co. chief Robert Sanford of orchestrating an $8 billion CD fraud.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. prosecutors have filed criminal charges against 78 people for alleged bankruptcy fraud and related offenses.
