Posted On: June 19, 2009 by LaBovick Law

Allen Stanford charged with stealing Billions from Investors

Allen Stanford, Chairman of Stanford Group holdings, surrendered to authorities yesterday, will be officially charged by SEC today in Court. He is accused of stealing over $8 billion from investors.

According to Bloomberg News and The Washington Post,

The SEC lawsuit indicates in its compmplaint that Stanford International Bank misled investors by touting "improbable, if not impossible" returns for investments.

The SEC alleges that the Stanford Group Co. sold $8 billion of certificates of deposit in Stanford International Bank. The financial advisors of the company misled clients to believe that their money would be placed primarily in easily sold financial instruments monitored by over 20 analysts and closely audited by Antiguan regulators.

Instead Stanford and the company's chief financial officer managed most of the portfolio and invested a substantial amount of it in real estate and private equity.

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