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Allen Stanford innocent, will fight charges-lawyer

Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:21pm IST
 
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HOUSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Texas billionaire Allen Stanford is innocent of U.S. charges that he bilked investors out of billions of dollars and is confident a jury will absolve him, his lawyer said on Friday.

"Allen Stanford will continue to fight those allegations," Stanford's lawyer Dick DeGuerin said in a statement. "He is confident that a fair jury will find him not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing."

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