Ex-Stanford Chief Accountant Lopez Sentenced to 20 Years
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R. Allen Stanford’s former chief accounting officer, Gilbert Lopez, 70, and his former controller, Mark Kuhrt, 40, were sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping to conceal Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
U.S. District Judge David Hittner imposed the sentences today in Houston. The men were convicted in November of conspiring to hide the fraud.