Pendergest-Holt, first person arrested in $8 billion Allen Stanford fraud investigation, walks from Federal...
Laura Pendergest-Holt, the first person arrested in the $8 billion Allen Stanford fraud investigation, walks from the Federal Courthouse after posting a $300,000 bond in Houston February 27, 2009. BI agents had arrested Pendergest-Holt, Stanford Financial Group's chief investment officer, at Stanford's Houston-based headquarters and accused her of obstructing an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into what the agency called "massive ongoing fraud" by Stanford Financial Group Chairman Allen Stanford and three of his companies. REUTERS/Richard Carson (UNITED STATES)