Allen Stanford Case Summary

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Eventually, Allen Stanford was convicted on March 2012. After deliberation, he was found guilty of thirteen out of fourteen counts. Taking into account the years he was sentenced for each of the counts he was guilty of, he was given a total sentence of 110 years in prison. In addition, Stanford was also given a money judgement of 5.9 billion dollars. Gilbert T. Lopes Jr, chief accounting officer, and Mark J. Kuhrt, global controller of Stanford Financial Group, were each sentenced to twenty years in prison and three years of supervised released for their contribution to the fraud. Lopez was also ordered to pay a fine of $25,000. Moreover, Laura Pendergest-Holt, chief investment officer, was given a sentence of three years followed by three

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