Financier R. Allen Stanford Arrives in Custody in Houston
Financier R. Allen Stanford (R) is escorted into the federal courthouse in shackles for a hearing on whether an order granting him bail should be reversed in Houston, Texas on June 29, 2009. Stanford was indicted by a federal grand jury along with five others including a former Antiguan regulator on charges they directed a $7 billion fraud involving sales of certificates of deposit through his Antiguan bank. (UPI Photo/Aaron M. Sprecher)
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Possible ties between a banker accused of stealing billions and U.S. politicians he contributed money to are under investigation, federal officials say.
MIAMI, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. banker Allen Stanford went to great lengths to hide his failing financial condition as fraud investigators closed in, records and interviews indicate.
MIAMI, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury indicted a former federal drug agent in Miami for his alleged role in disgraced banker Allen Stanford's financial scandal.
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.
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.
