WASHINGTON: Brash Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford was indicted and jailed Friday on charges his international banking empire was really just a Ponzi scheme built on lies, bluster and bribery.
The Justice Department announced charges against Stanford and six others who allegedly helped the tycoon run a US$7 billion swindle.
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