Stanford Deserves 230-Year Term in Ponzi Case, U.S. Says

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R. Allen Stanford, convicted of a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, should be sentenced to the maximum allowable term of 230 years in prison, prosecutors argued in court papers.

Stanford, who the government said is seeking a sentence of “time served,” is to be sentenced next week in U.S. District Court in Houston.