Stanford takes the 5th in fraud case

DALLAS, TX In court papers filed Wednesday in federal court in Dallas, Stanford said he will "decline to testify, provide an accounting or produce any documents" related to the Securities and Exchange Commission's civil case accusing him of running a "massive Ponzi scheme."

The SEC has accused Stanford and his top officers of an $8 billion fraud related to certificates of deposits and other investments at the Stanford International Bank in Antigua.

The SEC will make a case Thursday for an injunction allowing a court-appointed receiver continued control over the assets of Stanford and his companies.

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