COViSAL For Justice & Restitution _______________________________________ For a fistful of dollars two gangs continue to fleece innocent families Wednesday, November 18, 2015 • Jaime Escalona speaking on behalf of COViSAL denounces millions of dollars in fees, and the fleecing of thousands of innocent families. • What’s been recovered by the US Receiver and Joint Liquidators during almost 7 years, goes to pay exorbitant attorneys’ fees and expenses. Until now, the only ones benefiting from the receivership and the liquidation of the Stanford Financial Group (“SFG”) and the Stanford International Bank Limited (“SIBL”), are the attorneys and their professionals. “It appears that they are purposely prolonging the legal process and litigation to continue generating millions of dollars in fees for themselves until the creditor’s patrimony is depleted," affirms Jaime Escalona, founder and leader of COViSAL, an international coalition of depositors...

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...

COALICION VICTIMAS DE STANFORD AMERICA LATINA (COViSAL)                                                                                         Traducción al español por COViSAL 7 de marzo, 2014 Carta Abierta de COViSAL al Tribunal de Antigua y a los Liquidadores Conjuntos objetando la decisión del Tribunal autorizando reclamos de recobros en contra de ahorristas inocentes   El 17 de febrero, 2014, COViSAL denunció las acciones de los Liquidadores Conjuntos para recobrar fondos de las víctimas inocentes al enviar una carta demoledora pidiendo...

COALICION VICTIMAS DE STANFORD AMERICA LATINA (COViSAL) March 7, 2014 An Open Letter from COViSAL to the Antiguan Court and the Joint Liquidators challenging the Court’s decision authorizing claw back claims against innocent depositors   On February 17, 2014, COViSAL denounced the Joint Liquidators’ actions to claw back funds from innocent victims by sending a very damaging letter asking for the return of money withdrawn from their accounts during the six months prior to the collapse of the Stanford International Bank Limited (“SIBL”). They demanded a response within 120 days of receipt of the letter. This communication was sent in English and the majority of the victims, who are from Venezuela and other Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, had difficulty understanding it. COViSAL’s response can be read at: http://covisal.blogspot.com/2014/02/stanfords-victims-defrauded-again-by.html On February 25, 2014, the Joint Liquidators sent another letter titled, “Sta...

    COALICION VICTIMAS DE STANFORD AMERICA LATINA (COViSAL)   February 17, 2014 Stanford’s victims feel defrauded again by the Joint Liquidators Marcus Wide & Hugh Dickson of Grant Thornton. Innocent Stanford victims are in a panic - many suffering emotional distress. Today marks the five year anniversary of the Stanford debacle and the Joint Liquidators Marcus Wide and Hugh Dickson, of Grant Thornton, decided to give Stanford’s defrauded depositors an anniversary present - a letter asking for the return of money that they withdrew during the six months prior to the collapse of the Stanford International Bank Limited (“SIBL”). The Letter from Marcus Wide and Hugh Dickson of Grant Thornton reads as follows:   “I write further to my previous notification to you regarding your claim, which was allowed in the amount of (x dollars) under the above Primary Express Account. A significant amount of funds was withdrawn in th...