Sir Allen & Me: An Insider's Look at R. Allen Stanford and the Island of Antigua
cara ellison (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
The The Chron has an article by Mary Flood comparing and contrasting the judicial treatment of R Allen Stanford and Jeff Skilling. I’m not sure of what Mary’s point is, unless it’s simply that Stanford is being treated particularly harshly – even before his trial. But by making that argument, she makes [...]
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Unlike many accused white-collar defendants, R. Allen Stanford is awaiting trial in jail and without access to funds for his defense because he was deemed a flight risk and his assets were frozen in a government civil suit before prosecutors filed criminal charges.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Antigua will restructure its financial system following the collapse of R. Allen Stanford's island-based empire when his alleged investment fraud unraveled, the governor general said Monday.
Houston's Clear Thinkers (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Following on a point made in these earlier posts, the Chron's Mary Flood reports on the indefensible conditions that the federal government has imposed on R. Allen Stanford as he awaits trial on criminal fraud charges arising from the...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A group of investors is urging an Antiguan court to remove a British accounting firm appointed to collect assets of a Caribbean offshore bank at the centre of an alleged Ponzi scheme by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford...
