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The game's up: Stanford found guilty in notorious $7bn Ponzi scheme saga
Wednesday 07 March 2012
Stanford was listed by Forbes as the world's 605th richest man before his world fell apart
Allen Stanford decides not to take stand at his fraud trial
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Prosecutors were in the dark until the last moment over Stanford taking the stand
US politicians refuse to hand back Stanford campaign cash
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Obama on list of those who received money from Texan financier on trial for fraud
'I pray for justice for my son,' says retired nurse Sammie Stanford
Friday 27 January 2012
Disgraced financier's mother battles to prove injuries have left him too ill to defend himself
In the Madoff mould?
Saturday 21 January 2012
The fraud trial begins on Monday of Allen Stanford, the billionaire who bankrolled English cricket.
The life and devious times of Lib Dems' serial fraudster
Sunday 08 January 2012
After more than three years, life on the run comes to an end for party's biggest – and most criminal – donor
Einhorn pulls out of New York Mets deal
Saturday 03 September 2011
Talks have collapsed on a proposed $200m (£123m) investment in the New York Mets from the hedge fund manager David Einhorn.
British banks hit by mortgage lawsuits from US regulator
Saturday 03 September 2011
Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and HSBC were among 17 giant banks sued last night by a US government agency, seeking billions of dollars in compensation over their packaging and selling of mortgage bonds in the run-up to the credit crisis.
German Ponzi man jailed after ripping off Barclays
Saturday 23 July 2011
Germany's version of Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded Barclays and other investors out of €345m (£304m).
Business Diary: No slacking off early for Osborne
Thursday 30 June 2011
Can you get from Westminster to Wimbledon in 15 minutes? No, nor can George Osborne, which is why it was so generous of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to stick around for Prime Minister's Questions yesterday.
Darius Guppy: Growth - it ain't happening
Sunday 12 June 2011
For reasons I will outline below, the measures which have been advanced to deal with the current financial meltdown, measures that include swathing cuts in public services on the part of our Government, and Basel 3 on the part of the international banking community, are bound to fail.
HSBC pays $62.5m to end Madoff case
Wednesday 08 June 2011
HSBC is paying $62.5m (£38m) to settle legal claims from investors who lost money in Bernard Madoff's record-breaking pyramid scheme.
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