FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) - The security chief accused of illegally shredding documents at Stanford Financial Group was simply "taking out the garbage" and committed no crime, his lawyer said in a court filing. Thomas Raffanello, 61, who before joining Stanford was chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Miami office, was taken into a Fort Lauderdale federal courtroom ...

The former director of security for accused swindler Allen Stanford has been charged with destroying documents in the investigation into the alleged multibillion-dollar fraud. Federal prosecutors say Thomas Raffanello, who worked at Stanford Financial Group's office in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ordered a subordinate to shred documents after ...

Two US legal firms announced Friday that they have filed a class action suit against a London-based insurer on behalf of the Mexican victims of fraudulent financier Allen Stanford. The lawsuit was filed by the Strasburger & Price and Castillo Snyder law firms before a court in Houston and targets Willis Group Holdings -- an insurer headquartered in London, with ...