﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Robert Allen Stanford news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more Robert Allen Stanford stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/38450/robert-allen-stanford.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 6:15:51 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/70475/sir-allen-banged-up-after-jailhouse-fight.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Sir Allen Banged Up After Jailhouse Fight</title><description>Allen Stanford is back in his jail cell today after spending the weekend recuperating from injuries suffered in a fight with another inmate last week. The alleged Ponzi schemer was taken to the hospital with a concussion, a broken nose, and two black eyes. “He is in reasonably good spirits,...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/70475/sir-allen-banged-up-after-jailhouse-fight.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:20:18 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/67994/stanford-fraud-scheme-sealed-with-blood-oath.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Stanford 'Fraud Scheme Sealed With Blood Oath'</title><description>Alleged Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford cut his wrist and made a secret blood pact with the banking regulator of the island of Antigua, where his bank operated, according to court documents. Stanford and the official pressed their bloody wrists together in a "brotherhood ceremony," after which the regulator called him...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/67994/stanford-fraud-scheme-sealed-with-blood-oath.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 6:13:57 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/65491/jailed-financier-stanford-wants-cell-with-better-ac.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Jailed Financier Stanford Wants Cell With Better A/C</title><description>Accused financier R. Allen Stanford is demanding he be moved from his current jail to a nicer facility in Houston, on grounds that his current cell is not comfortable enough, the New York Post reports. Stanford, charged with swindling investors out of $7 billion, complained through his lawyer that the...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/65491/jailed-financier-stanford-wants-cell-with-better-ac.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:15:04 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/63233/judge-revokes-stanford-bond.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Judge Revokes Stanford Bond</title><description>A US district judge today revoked bond for Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, who's charged with swindling investors out of $7 billion. David Hittner approved a request by prosecutors to overturn a magistrate judge's decision to allow Stanford freed on $500,000 bond pending his trial. Prosecutors argued that Stanford's...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/63233/judge-revokes-stanford-bond.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:10:48 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/63067/stanford-ponzi-scheme-case-entangles-baseball-stars.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Stanford Ponzi Scheme Case Entangles Baseball Stars</title><description>The receiver in the R. Allen Stanford case wants seven current and former baseball stars to turn over millions they once invested in Stanford’s alleged Ponzi scheme, intending to divvy up the money among Stanford’s other victims, the Washington Times reports. He’s asking for a combined $9.5 million, an...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/63067/stanford-ponzi-scheme-case-entangles-baseball-stars.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 8:52:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/62930/vijay-offered-500k-for-bail-of-pal-stanford.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Vijay Offered $500K for Bail of Pal Stanford</title><description>Vijay Singh is sticking by embattled buddy and alleged swindler R. Allen Stanford. The star golfer, who's been sporting the Stanford Companies logo even though he no longer gets paid to do so, offered to put up $500,000 of the billionaire’s bail, reports CNBC. He was denied the honor...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/62930/vijay-offered-500k-for-bail-of-pal-stanford.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:23:02 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/62833/stanford-pleads-not-guilty-in-7b-ponzi-scheme.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Stanford Pleads Not Guilty in $7B Ponzi Scheme</title><description>Financier Robert Allen Stanford and three former associates pleaded not guilty today to federal charges they operated a $7 billion Ponzi scheme out of Antigua, the Houston Chronicle reports. Prosecutors asked the judge not to release Stanford, 59, on bail, saying his wealth, international connections and prospect of a long...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/62833/stanford-pleads-not-guilty-in-7b-ponzi-scheme.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:01:21 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/62359/stanford-indicted-for-7b-ponzi-scheme.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Stanford Indicted for $7B Ponzi Scheme</title><description>Alleged billionaire fraudster Robert Allen Stanford and six of his associates were indicted today on charges that they ran a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, the AP reports. Stanford turned himself in to authorities yesterday. “A fair jury will find him not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing,” Stanford’s lawyer said. He...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/62359/stanford-indicted-for-7b-ponzi-scheme.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:56:14 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/62272/stanford-surrenders-to-fbi.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Stanford Surrenders to FBI</title><description>Sir Robert Allen Stanford turned himself in to authorities soon after criminal charges were filed against him yesterday, the BBC reports. The billionaire financier is now in FBI custody, according to his lawyer. Stanford, whose firm Stanford Financial was shut down by authorities earlier this year, already faces civil charges...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/62272/stanford-surrenders-to-fbi.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 0:26:04 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>