SEC reining in receiver in Stanford $7B Ponzi case

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Sat, 08/01/2009 - 03:40

A federal judge ruled Friday that a court-appointed receiver who took over companies run by Texas billionaire R.

Allen Stanford can recover only the interest — not the principal — on investments that federal prosecutors say fed a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.


 

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