Friday, June 19, 2009

 

Billionaire Financier Stanford Surrenders to FBI

R. Allen Stanford, under investigation in an alleged $8 billion fraud involving sales of certificates of deposit through his Antiguan bank, surrendered to federal agents yesterday, his attorney said.

The case is one of the largest alleged financial frauds in U.S. history and comes just months after New York financier Bernard L. Madoff pleaded guilty to charges in a Ponzi scheme of up to $50 billion...

WaPo: Billionaire Financier Stanford Surrenders to FBI

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