Allen Stanford Too Drugged for Trial, Lawyer Says
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Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Jailed financier R. Allen Stanford istoo heavily medicated to prepare for or testify at his Januarytrial on charges he led a $7 billion investment fraud, hislawyer claimed in a bid for bail.
Stanford, 60, has been held as a flight risk in a Houstonfederal lockup since June 2009, when he was charged in anindictment with selling bogus certificates of deposit at hisAntigua-based Stanford International Bank Ltd.