COVi SAL For Justice & Restitution ____________________________________________________ Six years and three months have passed since Stanford’s debacle destroyed the lives of 21,739 innocent families around the world when on February 17, 2009, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) abruptly seized Stanford Financial Group in the United States. The largest group is Latin American families with 15,270 victims representing 70% of the total depositors in the Stanford International Bank, Ltd. (“SIBL”) and more than $4 billion in losses. Depositors from the United States are the second largest group. These families entrusted their savings to a company belonging to an American conglomerate regulated and supervised by the U.S. Government. The majority of Stanford’s depositors are modest people; many are elderly, ill, close to retirement, or families with special needs children.  All are unable to pay for their critical medical treatments and living exp...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Joint Statement of the U.S. Receiver (Ralph Janvey), the Joint Liquidators  (Marcus Wide and Hugh Dickson), and the U.S. Examiner (John Little) Agreement reached in principle ANTIGUA-December 5, 2012 -- After extensive negotiations, and with the input of United States DOJ and SEC representatives, the U.S. Receiver (Ralph Janvey), the Joint Liquidators (Marcus Wide and Hugh Dickson), and the U.S. Examiner (John Little) have reached an agreement, in principle, that, if finalized and approved by the relevant authorities, would result in (a) coordination between the U.S. Receiver and the Joint Liquidators concerning their respective claim processes, (b) increased sharing of information, (c) cooperation with respect to the asset recovery and some of the other litigation efforts, (d) a resolution of pending disputes concerning funds now frozen in the United Kingdom, Canada and Switzerland, and (e) a release of funds for distribution to Stanford's inves...