FBI seeks Stanford victims
Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2009 | 1:53 PM
The Houston, Texas office of the Federal Bureau of Investigations says it is seeking to identify victims in its criminal fraud investigation of companies owned by Sir Allen Stanford.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month accused Mr. Stanford and others of carrying out an US$8 billion investment fraud.
An FBI official declined to say if Mr. Stanford himself is a target of the probe, but confirmed that the financier remains in the US after surrendering his passport to the SEC.
The US Justice Department has still not charged Stanford with any criminal wrongdoing.