Stanford Victims Refuse to be defrauded by Texas Receiver
July 8, 2011
Released by Kate Freeman
Since the SEC shut down Allen Stanford's investing and banking operations over two years ago, the receivership to
help the victims recover their losses has been consuming all the assets, reveals a motion filed today by Kachroo
Legal Services, P.C. and its principal, Gaytri Kachroo.
Out of a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, the receiver has collected, net of expenses just $1.5m. Whereas through January
2011 the receivership estate has paid out a massive $118.2m in expenses – but none to the investors. As a result,
there remains only $1.5 million for the Stanford victims from the efforts of the Receiver, this equates to $71.42
per investor, but even this small amount will likely be consumed by the Receiver. It is clear that the Receiver
has not added any substantial value to the estate, and failed in his directive.
The Stanford Investors Committee (FIC) attorneys have substantial interests in the fees they generate through
contingency actions. Almost no party to this action sits completely independent of and disinterested in the assets
that are recovered in this receivership. And when those assets are scarce, as in this case, their interest is sharply
at odds with that of the investors.
In the motion, led by Catherine Burnell of Antigua and the U.K., Ursula Mesa of Florida and Peru, Marcelo Avila of
Ecuador, and Steven Graham of Louisiana - representative of the international breadth of investment into this alleged
Ponzi scheme of some $7 billion - investors state that the Receiver has taken all $120 million of the assets thus far
collected by him and already existing in the estate. What is more, the attorneys who were installed on the Stanford
Investor Committee and responsible for holding the Receiver accountable had in fact done a deal to make themselves a
preapproved 25% on all the fraudulent conveyance cases launched by the Receivership!
To date little objection has been filed against the receivership, and finally the KLS group of investors have voiced the
dissatisfaction of thousands of investors with the current Texas receiver, Janvey and the Stanford Investor Committee
appointed by the courts. No party to the receivership is acting as a check on the excessive fees and expenses compared
to the minimal recovery, challenging the contingency fee arrangement, the operation of the receivership and otherwise
voicing concern over the ineffectiveness of this receivership. The only person objecting is Alan Stanford — the person
who allegedly committed the fraud.
The motion was filed on the heels of a change in the Antiguan liquidation, which had come under similar complaint and
attack and lead to the removal of the previous receivers and their substitution by Grant Thornton.
KLS STANFORD VICTIMS' MOTION TO INTERVENE AND FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICIAL STANFORD INVESTOR COMMITTEE
Movants file this motion to intervene in this proceeding and for appointment to the Committee on behalf of
themselves and as representatives for investors with over 500 Stanford accounts that are part of the
receivership (the "KLS Stanford Victims").
The payments provided to attorneys and the Receiver in this case do not appear to reflect any reasonable
compensation for the services provided nor appear in the best interest of the receivership or the victims,
upon whose behalf the receivership should benefit. Moreover, the Receiver's contingency agreements with the
attorneys on the Committee create a substantial and disabling self-interest that precludes adequate,
independent representation of the investors by the Committee and in this proceeding.
DECLARATION OF DR. GAYTRI D. KACHROO
In connection with the Motion to Intervene, KLS diligently reviewed the filings in this action, and other
actions taken on behalf of the receivership, including the fee applications and reports by the Receiver. It
appears on the basis of the pleadings and documents in this action, that the receiver has failed in his
directive to "minimize expenses in furtherance of maximum and timely disbursement thereof to claimants," as
ordered by the Court. The payments provided to attorneys, consultants and the Receiver in this case do not
appear to reflect any reasonable compensation for the services provided nor appear in the best interests of
the receivership or the victims.
The issues of the exorbitant fees and the operation of the estate, which have drained substantial recovered
assets, do not appear to be adequately raised or addressed by the Official Stanford Investor Committee nor
any other party to this proceeding.
As part of the Official Stanford Investor Committee, the Movants would raise these and other related issues
to adequately represent the interests of Stanford investors worldwide.
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| Anonymous wrote on August 03, 2011 at 17:53 |
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SIVG must make more pressure because our interests are not well represented. The US-Committee and the Receiver Janvey have been working only for themselves and the Americans. I am losing all faith in the American justice system (just look at this fraud which was allowed by the SEC and the US politicians). I hope Kachroo Legal Services are successful, the only people who have benefited so far has been Janvey, Little and the lawyers from the US-Committee. Every member of that committee should hang their heads in shame! |
| Kerry R. wrote on March 25, 2012 at 20:17 |
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Why do we need someone to watch over Janvey I thought this was the judges job ? Is this another money grab for more people that are suppose to be watching out for the victims ? |