Entries Tagged as 'Texas'
August 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment
HOUSTON — R. Allen Stanford’s relationship with the chief regulator of his Antigua bank was closer than most.
James M. Davis, Mr. Stanford’s chief financial officer, leaving court on Thursday with his wife, Lori, and lawyer, David Finn.
At a meeting in 2003, they became blood brothers, cutting their wrists and mixing their blood in a “brotherhood ceremony� that Mr. Stanford’s chief financial officer said promoted an elaborate scheme to hide a multibillion-dollar fraud from American and other regulators.
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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
Texas Lawyer
August 31, 2009
After pleading guilty on Aug. 27 to three criminal charges that could put him in prison for 30 years, James M. Davis, the former chief financial officer for Stanford Financial Group and Stanford International Bank Ltd., expressed remorse for his actions that contributed to the downfall of the bank [...]
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By Laurel Brubaker Calkins
April 9 (Bloomberg) — Stanford Group Co. Chief Financial Officer James M. Davis, accused by federal regulators of helping his boss, R. Allen Stanford, run a multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme, will enter plea negotiations with prosecutors.
Davis was sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission along with Stanford. Davis will negotiate to [...]
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http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-04-09/news/sec-says-texas-financier-sir-allen-stanford-swindled-investors-out-of-billions/
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http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7273921
Native Texan R. Allen Stanford told ABC News that fraud allegations against him and his Stanford Financial Group companies are “baloney,� according to a report aired Monday.
In what the network said was Stanford’s first media interview since the Securities and Exchange Commission filed the civil fraud complaint, Stanford also denied the SEC’s allegation that he [...]
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
ROBERT SORICH, TIMOTHY McCARTHY, AND PATRICK SLATTERY
v.
UNITED STATES
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
No. 08–410. Decided February 23, 2009
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
McNally v. United States, 483 U. S. 350 (1987), this Court held that [...]
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Coalition to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege issued the following statement on the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation proceedings scheduled for January 15, 2009 on the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr., to be Attorney General of the United States:
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Juvenile Criminal Record in Texas
Sealing of Juvenile Records-Overview
Texas Family Code Section 58.003 provides for the sealing of juvenile records. An individual with juvenile records available for sealing may file an application for sealing of records in a juvenile court of the county in which the proceeding occurred. Juvenile records ordered sealed by the court [...]
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