A world-weary Baptist businessman I know likes to say, "Nobody will screw you like a brother in Christ." Meaning that there's a special kind of cynicism employed by people who use religiosity as a cover for dastardly deeds. I know......

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Ooo, the SEC has finally released the good stuff on Stanford Financial, the mini-Madoff Ponzi scheme that made $8 billion disappear. Incredibly, the company's Southern Christian leaders were big hypocritical frauds! Jesus hated money-lenders: The new details from the SEC focus not only on top boss "...

Sir Allen Stanford, the billionaire at the centre of one of the world's largest fraud investigations, repeatedly used the British royal family to convince investors that he was a bona fide businessman with impeccable credentials. Stanford Financial Group (SFG) used at least four royals in its glossy...

Confession is hard. And for Giles Clarke 'sorry' seems to be the hardest word....

Sir Allen Stanford, the Texas billionaire, has been accused this week of a multiplicity of sins, from perpetrating an $8bn fraud to links with drugs running. So far, though, no one has thought to reproach him on grounds of modesty. The reason why is obvious the moment a visitor steps out of the arri...

A two-day global hunt to find the cricket tycoon Sir Allen Stanford in the wake of allegations that he masterminded a massive financial swindle came to an end last night, when the FBI said it had tracked him down to Virginia. The discovery of the Texas billionaire in Fredericksburg, about 50 miles s...

On Wednesday, federal authorities reported they did not know the whereabouts of Texas banker and scammer Allen Stanford. But what we do know for certain about the financier whose frauds may yet rival the $50 billion Madoff Ponzi scheme is that he donated generously to both political parties in Washi...

Associated Press In this June 11, 2008 photo, Allen Stanford, poses for photos at the Lords Cricket Ground in London. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file) Just as Bernie Madoff fatigue was threatening to set in, R. Allen Stanford has entered the picture. The SEC has charged the Texas financier with a...

A blog says Sir Allen's 8bn alleged fraud was clear but not to the US regulator...