r allen stanford
| 4:45PM 4/16/2010
The SEC was aware in 1997 that R. Allen Stanford was probably running a Ponzi scheme, reveals the watchdog's report. But cases that weren't quick hits were avoided, and an agency officer who discouraged a probe went on to work for Stanford.
| 7:40PM 9/30/2009
Bill Gates got a little poorer last year, but when you're worth $50 billion, who's counting? Well, Forbes is, of course, and despite the $7-billion decline in his fortune, Microsoft's (MSFT) co-founder remains America's richest citizen, according to the magazine's annual list of the nation's...
| 8:30AM 9/16/2009
Someone needs to remind R. Allen Stanford that he isn't rich any more. Getting ready to stand trial for a variety of hefty charges, he wanted a strong attorney, particularly Robert Luskin, the Washington-based legal guru who represented Karl Rove. Instead, he's been appointed a federal public...
| 7:00AM 6/19/2009
R. Allen Stanford, the billionaire investor whose firm has been under investigation for allegedly defrauding clients, was indicted by a Houston grand jury and taken into custody Thursday night, according to news reports.
Stanford surrendered to law enforcement agents at his girlfriend's Virginia...