Posted on 02/26/2009 7:12:43 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Top Stanford official charged with obstruction
Suzy Jagger in New York
The woman whom US regulators had hoped would lead them to the heart of what they believed to be one of the world's biggest frauds, was arrested and charged with obstruction yesterday.
Laura Pendergest-Holt, the former chief investment officer at Allen Stanford's frozen US financial empire, had agreed to assist investigators and had said she would fly from her home in Mississippi to Houston to help the receiver sift through Mr Stanford's assets.
However, last night she was charged with obstruction. In earlier written affadavits, it was claimed that Ms Pendergest-Holt had written scripts which staff should repeat to ressure anxious investors.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
BALDWYN - Laura Pendergest-Holt is the youngest and perhaps most unlikely member of the Stanford Financial Group trio accused of an $8 billion fraud.
The Baldwyn native, now 35, “had no financial services or securities industry experience” before joining SFG in 1997, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Yet less than a decade later she was managing more than $15 billion in assets and running a worldwide team of equity, policy and sector analysts, Pendergest-Holt told the Memphis Business Journal in 2006.
Her rise to the top might seem improbable, but Pendergest-Holt had a killer combination of beauty, brains and connections. She knew key players in the Stanford firms, was an expert number-cruncher and has been described as strikingly beautiful and statuesque.
... continues: http://djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=286261&pub=1&div=News
Ping!
Not guilty!
At all.
Ever.
As ususal crooks choosing other crooks to help them.
And now that rep is out the window, and for what?
can you trust anyone with a hyphenated name?
And, in addition to the hyphen, what do you want to bet were her political leanings?
Do you have a bridle for that puss?
Does Stanford get more “Ponzi Points” because he had better looking henchmen/women than Bernie Madoff?
Something tells me her rise up the corporate ladder at Stanford was because of another skill.
“Her rise to the top might seem improbable, but Pendergest-Holt had a killer combination of beauty, brains and connections.”
Something tells me her rise up the corporate ladder at Stanford was because of another skill.
THAT SKILL WAS HER CONVINCING SPEAKING ABILITY, RIGHT?
This girl will look a little ragged by the time she emerges from jail.
Yes, and I bet she is a cunning linguist, as well.
Her oral skills, yes.
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