SEC: Fraudulent scheme overloaded with private equity

The SEC today accused billionaire Allen Stanford, who runs Stanford Financial Group, of fraudulently selling $8bn worth of certificates of deposit, claiming that these securities were backed by liquid assets when in fact they were highly exposed to private equity and real estate.

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