U.S. charges Allen Stanford with "massive" fraud
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fnm%2F20090218%2F2009_02_17t144242_450x341_us_stanford.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="United States Marshals cross the street to Stanford Financial Group's office tower in the upscale Galleria District of Houston, with the firm's second Galleria District building in the background, February 17, 2009. (Donna Carson/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090217/bs_nm/us_stanford)Reuters - Flamboyant Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with "massive ongoing fraud" Tuesday as federal agents swooped down on his U.S. headquarters.</p><br clear="all"/>
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