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Stanford investors wonder where safety net went

The federal corporation that protects securities investors won't be paying claims on Stanford Financial CD losses.

R. Allen Stanford has heart catherization

R. Allen Stanford, in federal custody pending trial on fraud charges, had a heart catheterization, a procedure used to diagnose and treat certain heart conditions.

Indictment in Stanford case names ex-federal agent

Thomas Raffanello, a federal law enforcement agent for three decades and former global director of security at a Florida office of Stanford Financial Group, was indicted Thursday on charges of conspiracy to obstruct a federal investigation into the company

Stanford receiver will get most of the $27.5 million he sought

Ralph Janvey, the court-appointed receiver for R. Allen Stanford's businesses, will get paid most of the $27.5 million he requested for his first 14 weeks of work managing the estate.

Ex-Stanford worker accused of trying to obstruct probe

Thomas Raffanello, a federal law enforcement agent, is the second Florida-based Stanford employee to be accused of destroying records.

Investor asks why no federal backing in Stanford case

Retired accountant Peter Kaltman says he was reassured by the Securities Investor Protection Corp. logo on the stationery of the brokerage that sold him $550,000 in Stanford International Bank CDs.

Stanford has surgery; receiver defends fees

Jailed fraud defendant R. Allen Stanford had surgery to repair an aneurysm in his leg; in another matter related to the case, a court-appointed receiver defended his fees.

Stanford back in jail after heart test

R. Allen Stanford was back in the infirmary of a Conroe jail Tuesday after tests during a five-day hospitalization revealed a leg aneurysm, his lawyer said. Stanford is being held without bail on federal fraud charges.

Stanford still hospitalized

R. Allen Stanford will remain hospitalized into early next week as he undergoes tests related to a rapid heartbeat, his lawyer says.

Prosecutors: Stanford took 'blood oath' to conceal fraud

R. Allen Stanford was hospitalized with a racing heart Thursday morning just hours before his former top lieutenant entered a guilty plea that included claims of a “blood oath” with Caribbean regulators.

Stanford case lawyers disagree about altercation

Two lawyers involved in the case of R. Allen Stanford, who is accused of fraud, give different accounts of an altercation that brought police to a downtown law office last month.

Appeals court refuses to give Stanford case to new judge

An appellate court refused to move R. Allen Stanford's criminal case to a new federal judge as the fallen billionaire requested.

Appellate court: Stanford criminal case stays put

An appellate court refused to move R. Allen Stanford's criminal case to a new federal judge as the fallen billionaire requested.

Stanford gets new attorney

R. Allen Stanford, charged with masterminding a multibillion dollar fraud, replaces his defense team, including Houston criminal attorney Dick DeGuerin.

Stanford picks new attorney to replace DeGuerin

R. Allen Stanford is dropping Houston attorney Dick DeGuerin as his criminal defense lawyer and signing up a Washington, D.C. attorney. Robert Luskin, a partner with Patton Boggs, will represent Stanford moving forward, according to a statement from that firm.

SEC trying to rein in receiver in Stanford case

The receiver appointed to take over the companies run by Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford is meeting resistance in his efforts to recover money the government says went missing in a Ponzi scheme.

Receiver going after some Stanford investors

Hundreds of Stanford Financial Group investors should return nearly $1 billion so it can be spread among all the people whose investments disappeared in an alleged fraud, a court-appointed receiver says.

R. Allen Stanford complains about heat in Conroe cell

Lawyers for accused swindler Allen Stanford are asking he be moved from a private prison in Montgomery County because there's no air conditioning, and at times no lighting, in the cell he shares with up to 10 other inmates.

Former Stanford exec pleads not guilty for now

James Davis, the former top finance officer under indicted businessman R. Allen Stanford, will change his pleas later under a deal with prosecutors.

Stanford worker pleads not guilty in shredding case

A Stanford Financial Group employee indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida pleaded not guilty to destroying documents sought by U.S. officials.

Stanford Financial exes, Romney son form new firm

Taggart Tagg Romney, the oldest son of former Massachusetts Governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney, will invest in the new firm, called Solamere Advisors, the company said today in a statement.

Appellate court keeps Stanford behind bars

A federal appeals court said R. Allen Stanford will have to remain in jail until his trial on charges of masterminding a multibillion dollar fraud.

Ex-Stanford adviser says SEC warned about bad CDs

A former financial adviser in R. Allen Stanfords financial company told a U.S. Senate panel on Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission was warned about the firms hawking of shady investments five years before it closed the firm and accused the Texas billionaire of running a Ponzi scheme.

Lawyers request different judge in Stanford case

The lawyers who want to defend fallen billionaire R. Allen Stanford against criminal charges if he can pay their fees asked an appellate court to kick a federal trial judge off the case.

Prospective Stanford lawyers want a new judge

The lawyers who want to defend failed businessman R. Allen Stanford against criminal chargesif he can pay their feestoday asked an appellate court to kick a federal trial judge off the case.