We might need Dr. Sanjay Gupta to help out with this one. In another WTPWB exclusive, we are going to take a look at why it is that getting convicted of a multi-billion dollar fraud seems to severely disrupt normal heart function.
If you’ve been following the mess around Allen Stanford, including today’s creepy new details about blood oaths with Antiguan bank officials, you know that this is not a normal man. On the one hand, his whole heartfelt plight has been at least a little entertaining, and has produced some fantastic quotes, our favorite one being, ”If you say it to my face again, I will punch you in the mouth.” (He followed this up by immediately qualifying that he would in fact, not punch his interviewer in the mouth).
If you’ve been unfortunate enough to miss this circus, basically the SEC raided his Houston office (they have boats?), in a real official way and took a bunch of documents, uncovering a Ponzi scheme massive fraud that, according to Stanford, is DEFINITELY NOT a ponzi scheme. But Stanford was nowhere to be found. It was largely believed that he was spending some time in sunny Antigua, where the bank at the center of the scheme is based. Then, he finally turned up in Virginia, and faced the music–er, sort of.
You see, he was set to appear in court today for a hearing. But instead of going to court, Stanford was instead rushed to a local hospital because his heart was apparently beating as fast as ruby throated hummingbird.
It remains to be seen what will come of all this for Stanford, so it may be unfair to speculate, but it sure does seem like all these rich fraudsters come down with something awful right before their trials. Remember this, back in 2006? Kenneth Lay “died” died of a heart attack in his family home, just months before he was to be sentenced to life in prison, and everyone seemed to just forget about the whole thing…well, in fairness, I’m guessing this guy didn’t forget. And maybe he tried to get on the boat a little too late, but last week there was this whole debacle about B. Madoff.
As we’ve mentioned here before on WTPWB, we are NOT about conspiracies, just science fact, but once again, we just couldn’t resist.
These Pretzels, are making me thirsty
We might need Dr. Sanjay Gupta to help out with this one. In another WTPWB exclusive, we are going to take a look at why it is that getting convicted of a multi-billion dollar fraud seems to severely disrupt normal heart function.
If you’ve been following the mess around Allen Stanford, including today’s creepy new details about blood oaths with Antiguan bank officials, you know that this is not a normal man. On the one hand, his whole heartfelt plight has been at least a little entertaining, and has produced some fantastic quotes, our favorite one being, ”If you say it to my face again, I will punch you in the mouth.” (He followed this up by immediately qualifying that he would in fact, not punch his interviewer in the mouth).
If you’ve been unfortunate enough to miss this circus, basically the SEC raided his Houston office (they have boats?), in a real official way and took a bunch of documents, uncovering a Ponzi scheme massive fraud that, according to Stanford, is DEFINITELY NOT a ponzi scheme. But Stanford was nowhere to be found. It was largely believed that he was spending some time in sunny Antigua, where the bank at the center of the scheme is based. Then, he finally turned up in Virginia, and faced the music–er, sort of.
You see, he was set to appear in court today for a hearing. But instead of going to court, Stanford was instead rushed to a local hospital because his heart was apparently beating as fast as ruby throated hummingbird.
It remains to be seen what will come of all this for Stanford, so it may be unfair to speculate, but it sure does seem like all these rich fraudsters come down with something awful right before their trials. Remember this, back in 2006? Kenneth Lay “died” died of a heart attack in his family home, just months before he was to be sentenced to life in prison, and everyone seemed to just forget about the whole thing…well, in fairness, I’m guessing this guy didn’t forget. And maybe he tried to get on the boat a little too late, but last week there was this whole debacle about B. Madoff.
As we’ve mentioned here before on WTPWB, we are NOT about conspiracies, just science fact, but once again, we just couldn’t resist.