Topic: Stanford Financial Group

No crime shredding Stanford papers: defense lawyer

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) - The security chief accused of illegally shredding documents at Stanford Financial Group was simply " taking out the garbage" and committed no crime, his lawyer said in a court filing.Thomas Raffanello, 61, who before joining Stanford was chief ...

How to Stop the Next Fraudsters

Bernie Madoff's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme had been exposed to the Securities and Exchange Commission numerous times by diligent whistleblowers, only to be roundly ignored.. And it was reported this week that R. Allen Stanford's Stanford Financial, now charged by the ...
But your situation is a bit different: Kate Wendleton, president of Five O'Clock Club, a career-counseling network in New York: Describe your scandal-rid workplace instead of identifying it outright on your resume. Be calm about your situation. "When you normalize something ...
Two US legal firms announced Friday that they have filed a class action suit against a London-based insurer on behalf of the Mexican victims of fraudulent financier Allen Stanford.The lawsuit was filed by the Strasburger & Price and Castillo Snyder law firms ...

Stanford clients sue insurance broker Willis Group

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several Mexican clients of Stanford Financial Group have sued insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd < , contending it was a willing participant in a $7 billion fraud at the Texas-based investment company.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Dallas ...
Judge in SEC case against Stanford wants proof money isn't taintedA federal judge in Dallas said he will consider a modest request for money to pay lawyers and accountants to look through R. Allen Stanford's personal assets to find money ...

Stanford to face federal court on fraud charges

Texan billionaire financier Allen Stanford, accused of masterminding an eight-billion-dollar scam, is in FBI custody and will on Friday appear in federal court on fraud charges, US media said.Prosecutors and federal agents investigating the businessman's Stanford Financial Group on Thursday ...

Stanford turns himself in on fraud charge: report

Texan billionaire financier Allen Stanford, accused of propagating a multi-billion-dollar scam, turned himself in after being formally charged late Thursday, a Wall Street Journal report said.The Justice Department is Friday set to announce the charges of a Houston grand jury, the ...

Stanford to appear in court on fraud charges

Texan billionaire financier Allen Stanford, accused of masterminding a eight-billion-dollar scam, is in FBI custody and will appear in federal court Friday on fraud charges, US media said.Prosecutors and federal agents investigating the businessman's Stanford Financial Group obtained Thursday an ...

Stanford impatiently awaits criminal charges

Three months after regulators shut down billionaire Allen Stanford's banks for an alleged 9.2 billion-dollar fraud, the colorful cricket mogul has yet to be charged with a crime.The wait has gotten so long that Stanford -- who vehemently proclaims his ...