The receiver overseeing R. Allen Stanford's businesses announced Thursday that he is suing two former employees of the Texas financier's capital management firm for more than $11 million.
In papers filed in federal court in Dallas, receiver Ralph Janvey said the money should be returned to investors the government alleges were defrauded in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Janvey said the payments were for three months work and came from revenue "not generated by legitimate business activities."
The payments were made in November 2008, three months before the government filed federal charges against Stanford and his top officers.
The announcement comes a day after Stanford was seen bleeding from his mouth during a criminal court hearing in Houston. Stanford has been jailed without bond following his June indictment.
The receiver's complaint names Christopher Aitken of Ponte Vedra, Fla., and Stephen Thacker of Baltimore. It says Aitken received nearly $8.7 million and Thacker nearly $2.6 million.
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