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[The Bidens, Paradigm and Ponta] Untangling floor 17, 650 5th Avenue

650 5th  Avenue has had an unusual and rather chequered history.  The mid-town Manhattan skyscraper was built in the 1970s by the Pahlavi foundation – a non-profit charitable organisation associated with the Shah of Iran. More…

[The Stanford Series] Invested with Sir Allen? The FBI wants you (to contact them)

This just out (H/T Joanna Chung).

FBI SEEKING TO IDENTIFY VICTIMS IN STANFORD FINANCIAL GROUP INVESTIGATION

The Houston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking information from individuals who have invested in the Stanford Financial Group (SFG) or its affiliated companies-Stanford Capital Management, More…

[The Stanford Series] New details on alleged “massive Ponzi scheme”

Here are some of the amended allegations in the SEC’s filing, emphasis ours:
34. Contrary to SIB’s representations in the brochure about depositor security, SIB made, with Davis’s knowledge, at least $1.6 billion in undocumented “loans” to Stanford. More…

[The Stanford Series] From “investment fraud” to “massive Ponzi scheme”

The SEC has amended its complaint against R. Allen Stanford, Laura Pendergast-Holt and James Davies. 

Here’s a summary of the allegations, emphasis FT Alphaville’s: 
1. For at least a decade, More…