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Texas financier Stanford requests new prison

Jul. 27, 2009
Texas financier R. Allen Stanford wants to be moved from a private prison because he's been without air conditioning and shares a cell with up to 10 other inmates. Stanford is jailed on charges of operating a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. He's been held at Joe...
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Stanford denied bail

HOUSTON, June 30 (UPI) -- Accused investment fraudster R. Allen Stanford was denied bail Tuesday by a federal judge in Houston.
Stanford's assets frozen in Britain

Stanford's assets frozen in Britain

LONDON, June 30 (UPI) -- The Serious Fraud Office in Britain said it had frozen the assets of accused Texas billionaire Allen Stanford at the request of U.S. authorities.

Stanford to remain in jail for now

HOUSTON, June 26 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Houston delayed accused financier R. Allen Stanford's release Friday to give prosecutors a chance to argue he is a flight risk.

Texas 'billionaire' pleads not guilty

HOUSTON, June 25 (UPI) -- Texas businessman R. Allen Stanford pleaded not guilty to fraud charges in Houston Thursday in a case defined by a potential loss of $7 billion.

R. Allen Stanford indicted on $7B fraud

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.

Stanford says he stood out as SEC target

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.

IRS filed $104m lien against Stanford

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.

Officials close Stanford's Bank of Antigua

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.

Accused billionaire found, served

HOUSTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- FBI agents located Allen Stanford, the Texas financier suspected of running an Ponzi scheme, in Virginia Thursday, the bureau said.

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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler