While Sir Robert Allen Stanford sits in jail awaiting news on what will become of his alleged $7 billion Ponzi scheme, he's doing quite a bit of complaining.Bloomberg reports that "For the past week, Stanford, who's in a cell in Conroe, Texas, with from eight to 10 other men, has endured heat and intermittent lack of power when outside temperatures reached 100 degrees or more, his lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, said yesterday in a motion asking that his client be transferred to a downtown Houston jail." The filing also noted that one of the men Stanford is sharing a cell with is diabetic and another has a heart condition.
Of course there will be no transfer requests for those two -- That's only for people with enough allegedly stolen money to hire expensive lawyers.
DeGuerin referred to Sir Stanford's "suffering" and complained that the lack of electronic access in the jail makes it impossible for him to prepare for his trial. The Justice Department has said it will respond in the appropriate court filings.
Reading the description from the filing, the conditions in the jail do indeed sound appalling and inhumane. 100 degrees? Of course, we know Sir Stanford would never exaggerate about numbers.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-27-2009 @ 11:30PM
James in Phoenix said...
Poor bastard! He forgets that he's not at the country club anymore... "does anyone have any Grey Poupon?"
The scumm will be asking that question for the next 100+ years once convicted!
7-28-2009 @ 9:46AM
brentwagman said...
People love to kick someone when they are down and believe what the Government says is true. Just ask Obama, but the fact is, Stanford hasn't had his say. I know personally that the Receiver Ralph janvey took payments from me under the table to represent me against the SEC while at the same time working for them. I have letters from the SEC Inspector General stating Janvey was under investigation, yet appointed at the request of the SEC to be receiver. Go to www.brentawagman.org to see how the SEC gave away and destroyed several oil fields and related companies so they could claim a ponzi in my case. Not a single investor received a dime from 163 oil and gas wells, three offers of $10 million refused by the SEC, a drilling company was given away for $400 rent. The receiver in my case was allowed to purchase an ocean front home. I was kidnapped, my life and my family's threatened, my witnesses threatened and even some of the attorneys to protect the SEC criminals. Threre is NO law that allows the government to take everything you have and sell it off before you are tried and convicted, but that is what the SEC is and has been doing for years. Maybe some justice will come out of this, but I doubt it.
8-08-2009 @ 9:23PM
sirgerald said...
Before Inzon, there was Elandia. Victims of Elandia fraud, the Ahkoy Family is now suing Elandia in Pacific and Florida courts. Elandia's Allen Stanford and Sydney D. "Trip" Camper orchestrated the Ponzi scheme against Datec, the Ahkoy family business. When Elandia was exposed, Allen Stanford forced Sydney Camper to resign. In true Stanford form, Sydney Camper found his next fraud victim in Los Angeles - a private and profitable company with aspirations to go public. With the help of his new partner in crime Edward G. Berkhof, Sydney Camper formed a "shell" holding company and together they pretended to be the owners of this private company, arranged a trip to London, opened up secret bank accounts, performed an illegal hostile takeover, and ruined the los angeles company in the same fashion as Datec, the Ahkoy family business. All this while Sydney Camper was still officially employed by Elandia!
Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford is in the hands of the FBI while swindlers Sydney Camper and Ed Berkhof are STILL at large. Investors Beware! Sydney Camper is a fraud and uses his stamped passport, donations to St. Jude's and Stanford Group references to gain trust. According to Google, he now hones his Ponzi skills at InZon. According to recent articles, "FMC Acquires SMS" and FMC Telecom founder Frank Cassidy is either a NEW partner in crime for Ed Berkhof OR he is simply ANOTHER victim fallen prey to Ed Berkhof's web of lies and empty promises to "take a company public". Ed Berkhof is neither a President, COO or Investor of anything. Ed Berkhof is a con artist and a has-been third rate bass player from Florida trying to find a payday.
The SEC and the FBI are investigating Allen Stanford's business relatives and continuing their search for serial swindlers such as Sydney Camper and Ed Berkhof.
View links below for more information on Elandia/Ahkoy:
http://www.secinfo.com/d14D5a.v6Q98.c.htm
http://www.secinfo.com/d14D5a.v6Q98.d.htm