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On the recordMarch 17, 2010
The SEC's Fort Worth office was aware since 1997 that Robert Allen Stanford was likely operating a Ponzi scheme.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights SEC's long awareness of Stanford's fraudulent activities.

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