Victims of alleged Stanford scam file suit

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Tuesday's filing falls on the one-year anniversary of the start of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement action against Stanford and top management of his former tropical empire in Antigua.

Attorney Peter D. Morgenstern says it was filed in U.S. District Court in Dallas.

Stanford is accused of masterminding a $7 billion Ponzi scheme and promising inflated returns to some 28,000 investors. Stanford -- who became Antigua's largest private employer -- denies the allegations.