Here are some of the headlines and related quotes about the allegations of a possible Ponzi scheme run by R. Allen Stanford and other officials of the Stanford Financial Group:
New SEC Complaint Says Stanford Ran Ponzi Scheme
Sarah N. Lynch, Wall Street Journal, 2/28/09
"In carrying out this scheme, the SEC claims, Messrs. Stanford and Davis misappropriated billions of investors' money and falsified the Stanford International Bank's records to hide their fraud.
"Stanford International Bank's financial statements, including its investment income, are fictional," the SEC said."
Stanford Accused of a Long-Running SchemeJulie Creswell and Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 2/27/09
"Mrs. Pendergest-Holt’s ties and loyalty to Stanford Financial appear to run deep. She married James Holt, who ran a hedge fund that managed a portion of the assets held at the Antigua bank. Her brother-in-law helped oversee a team of 20 analysts that monitored the performance of various asset managers."
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Stanford Scandal
Sam Jones, Sheila McNulty, Michael Peel, Financial Times, 2/27/09
"The SEC document paints a curious picture of Ms Pendergest-Holt as both insider and ingénue, who became a senior executive of a vast business empire in spite of having “no experience in the financial services or securities industries”.
Stanford faced internal chaos before SEC swooped
Martha Graybow, Reuters 2/18/09
"Adding to the chaos of the past weeks: The founder of the small Antigua-based accounting firm said to have audited Stanford's books died last month."
