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4 February 2012

Stanford seeks fourth new attorney in a year

9 April 2010

Disgraced financier Allen Stanford, who is awaiting a criminal trial in 2011 for allegedly orchestrating a $7bn Ponzi scheme, has applied for his fourth set of new attorneys in a year.

Stanford is asking to now be represented by Houston-based attorneys Michael Essmyer and Bob Bennett, who are reported to be planning to file a motion to see Stanford's trial moved out of Houston to a new jurisdiction.

US District judge David Hittner ordered a hearing on Stanford's request to...

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