Stanford suing U.S. SEC, prosecutors for $7.2 bln

Allen Stanford

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Jailed financier Allen  Stanford, accused of running a massive Ponzi scheme, filed a  $7.2 billion lawsuit accusing federal prosecutors and  regulators of depriving him of his constitutional rights.
The government agents “undertook illegal tactics” to  prosecute Stanford and “engaged in unfair, abusive law  enforcement