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Convicted financier R. Allen Stanford arrives at the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse for sentencing in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, June 14, 2012. Stanford, found guilty of leading a $7 billion international fraud scheme by a U.S. jury, will spend the rest of his life in prison if a federal judge grants prosecutors’ request. Photographer: Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Convicted financier R. Allen Stanford arrives at the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse for sentencing in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, June 14, 2012. Stanford, found guilty of leading a $7 billion international fraud scheme by a U.S. jury, will spend the rest of his life in prison if a federal judge grants prosecutors’ request. Photographer: Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg via Getty Images