Allen Stanford

U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions hasn't responded to a report that he sent a supportive e-mail to banker R. Allen Stanford hours after Stanford was charged with swindling $7 billion from investors. But the wording attributed to Sessions "resembles" something ...  

Gregory Meeks, the U.S. Representative for much of Queens, has been accused by the Miami Herald of being a pawn in alleged Ponzi-schemer R. Allen Stanford's efforts to undermine a whistle-blower. It's been known for months that Meeks accepted donations, travel, and lodging from Stanford and his nonprofit Inter-American Economic Council. The latter has spent over $22,000 since 2003 on airfare, hotels, and meals for Meeks and his wife in...  

I mentioned Texas' Allen Stanford, the financier in the fed's crosshairs over an alleged Ponzi scheme, in a post yesterday about the IRS' crackdown on offshore accounts. Reader John C. points out The Wall Street Journal's fascinating profile today on Stanford. This is particular passage that...  

The Miami Herald reported on Sunday that Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.) once penned a love note of sorts to jailed financier Allen Stanford. "I love you and believe in you,'" said the email, sent on Feb. 17. "If you want my ear/voice -- e-mail." It was signed, "Pete." Now, a spokesperson for Sessions is defending the email without actually admitting that the congressman wrote it. From Glenn Thrush: From the government that knighted him to...  

Just hours after federal agents charged banker Allen Stanford with fleecing investors of $7 billion, the disgraced financier received a message from one of Congress’ most powerful members, Pete Sessions . “I love you and believe in you,” said ...  

The Miami Herald reported yesterday (via Liz) that our old pal Congressman Greg Meeks might be in serious trouble for doing some extracurricular-and perhaps illegal-special pleading for the miscreant financier Allen Stanford: "A 2006 trip to Venezuela by Rep. Greg Meeks that was apparently orchestrated to help disgraced financier Allen Stanford could be big trouble for the Queens Democrat who, with an assist from the White House, has seen his...  

(Miami, FL) -- The government wants to know the depth of contributions made by fraud suspect Allen Stanford and his staff to members of Congress over the past ten years. This investigation by the Justice Department is being reported by the "Miami ...  

ReutersFeds probe links between lawmakers, Allen StanfordHouston ChronicleThe money Stanford gave Sessions and other lawmakers was stolen from his clients while he carried out what prosecutors now say was one of the nation's ...Who got money from Stanford?MiamiHerald.comall 66 news articles »  

Unlike Bernie Madoff and Marc Dreier who stayed freed on bail while awaiting trial, financier Allen Stanford has confined to the general prison population, denied access to the internet, and has limited phone access. He has lost 40 pounds, was assaulted so severely that he lost feeling on the right side of his face [...]  

THE accused mastermind of a huge Ponzi scheme, R. Allen Stanford, will not be released from jail before his fraud trial in 2011, a US judge has ruled after reviewing a doctor's report that the financier was close to "a complete nervous breakdown".  

Judge Turns Grinch With Allen StanfordCARIBWORLDNEWS.COMCaribWorldNews, HOUSTON, TX, Fri. Dec. 18, 2009: US District Judge David Hittner was the Grinch that yesterday stole Texas financier R. Allen Stanford`s ...and more »  

Look, I have little sympathy for Allen Stanford and think he’s no doubt guilty of a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. But while Bernie Madoff stayed in a penthouse awaiting trial, Stanford has been put into the general prison population, got mauled in a fight, looks much worse, his health is suffering, and his family is [...]  

A group of senators wants the United States to oppose any new international loans to Antigua until the island nation compensates victims of the fraud allegedly run by R. Allen Stanford, whose bank was located there. R. Allen Stanford Sen. Richard ...  

(Antigua Sun) Extradition proceedings against the former head of the Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) Leroy King which were expected to get underway on Monday have been delayed. King appeared in the St. John’s Magistrates’ Court ...  

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