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Ponzi scheme | R. Allen Stanford will not be released from jail

Sydney Morning HeraldTHE accused mastermind of a huge Ponzi scheme, R. Allen Stanford, will not be released from jail before his fraud trial in 2011, a US judge has ruled after reviewing a doctor's report that the financier was close to 'a complete nervous breakdown'.

Lawyers for Mr Stanford, who faces 21 criminal counts for allegedly swindling investors out of more than $US7 billion ($7.9 billion), asked US District Judge David Hittner in Houston to reconsider an earlier ruling denying bail out of concern the defendant might flee"

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