September 01, 2023
A Texas federal judge has denied a compassionate release bid from Robert Allen Stanford, finding that releasing the notorious Ponzi schemer after just 13 years of his 110-year sentence is "unquestionably out of line" with federal sentencing law.
August 29, 2023
Prosecutors have urged a Texas federal judge to reject a motion for compassionate release filed by the notorious Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford, saying his crimes were too destructive to merit serving just 13 years of a 110-year sentence.
July 18, 2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a federal judge in Texas to enter orders wrapping up its claims against convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford and certain Stanford associates and companies that allegedly played a central role in the $7 billion scheme.
February 24, 2021
The Texas federal judge who presided over the criminal jury trials of R. Allen Stanford and his co-conspirators in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme sentenced the last defendant in the long-running case on Wednesday to the maximum — two consecutive 60-month sentences.
December 18, 2020
A Texas federal judge on Friday tossed a former Stanford Financial Group executive's latest bid to challenge his 20-year prison sentence for his role in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, finding the man did not show his trial attorney failed to properly advise him.
September 02, 2020
The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday gave former Stanford Financial Group executive Gilbert Lopez another opportunity to challenge his 20-year prison sentence for his role in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, ordering a lower court to reconsider a bid claiming that Lopez's trial attorneys led him astray.
July 07, 2017
The federal government has fought a former Stanford Financial Group executive's attempt to vacate his 20-year prison sentence over his alleged role in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, disputing the man's claims that his trial attorneys botched a proposed plea deal.
March 06, 2017
A former Stanford Financial Group executive convicted for his alleged role in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme pushed a Texas federal court on Monday to vacate his 20-year sentence, saying his former counsel was ineffective by failing to properly explain a proposed plea deal.
March 09, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court will not review the conviction of two former Stanford Financial Group executives for their role in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, according to filings Monday and Tuesday, and will not resolve a circuit split on the harm done by bad jury instructions.
February 14, 2013
A Texas federal judge on Thursday sent two former Stanford Financial Group executives to prison for the next two decades for their roles in helping Robert Allen Stanford run his $7 billion Ponzi scheme.