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Jailed Financier Stanford Wants Cell With Better A/C

Alleged fraudster files a motion to move to cushier Houston jail

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 28, 2009 2:15 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Accused financier R. Allen Stanford is demanding he be moved from his current jail to a nicer facility in Houston, on grounds that his current cell is not comfortable enough, the New York Post reports. Stanford, charged with swindling investors out of $7 billion, complained through his lawyer that the Joe Corely Detention facility lacks air conditioning and suffers frequent power outages.

Stanford’s attorney has filed a “motion for relief” on the grounds that the 59-year-old billionaire, packed into a cell with 8-10 men and restricted from using electronics, is unable to prepare for his trial. A request made earlier in the month to move Stanford was denied.

Billionaire R. Allen Stanford is escorted into the federal courthouse June 29, 2009, in Houston.
Billionaire R. Allen Stanford is escorted into the federal courthouse June 29, 2009, in Houston.   (AP Photo)
Billionaire R. Allen Stanford smiles as he is escorted out of the federal courthouse June 29, 2009, in Houston.
Billionaire R. Allen Stanford smiles as he is escorted out of the federal courthouse June 29, 2009, in Houston.   (AP Photo)
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tazsugs
Jul 30, 2009 7:33 AM CDT
how do people like this get away with this stuff for so long.....i cant fart around here without everybody knowing what it smelled like!!!????
tazsugs
Jul 30, 2009 7:28 AM CDT
of course he wants preferential treatment,he knows that people like himself are treated better than others .Its a shame the justice system is so screwed up that people like this often do get special treatment.
oldgoat
Jul 29, 2009 9:29 AM CDT
Sorry to tell him that jail isn't suppose to be the Holiday Inn.

 
fraud • prison • crime • Ponzi scheme • investor • defrauding investors • Robert Allen Stanford

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