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Top Aide to Stanford May Soon Shift Plea to Guilty

Jul. 13, 2009
Prosecutors say James M. Davis, chief financial officer of the Stanford Financial Group, was involved with a Ponzi scheme run by his boss, R. Allen Stanford.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler