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    Stanford claims he can’t afford lawyer

    Stanford claims he can't afford lawyer

    Judge appoints public defender to represent former billionaire

    Author Date published September 16, 2009 Categories
    Texan billionaiire Allen Stanfoord

    Former Texan billionaire Allen Stanford cannot afford a lawyer to represent
    him as he fights charges that he engaged in a £4.3bn Ponzi scheme.

    A judge has now ordered a public defender to represent the flamboyant,
    cricket-loving billionaire, who appeared yesterday in orange prison garb,
    looking gaunt and drawn,
    The
    Times     reports.

    Stanford does not have access to his funds, which were frozen when regulators
    filed charges against him.

    Stanford will now be represented by Michael Sokolow from the Federal Public
    Defender’s office in Houston, who will replace his Houston attorney Dick
    DeGuerin, who asked to be taken off the case in July.

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