BILLIONS of dollars have been knocked off the fortunes of America’s wealthiest men and women.

Jailed Texas billionaire Allen Stanford was taken to hospital after being injured during a fight with another inmate, a US Marshals Service spokesman said.

Financier Allen Stanford, waiting trial accused of defrauding investors out of billions, was taken to hospital with heart problems today.

A magistrate has set bond at $500,000 (€355,000) for Texas billionaire Allen Stanford but delayed his release until later today to give prosecutors time to appeal.

Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit with his hands chained in front of him, billionaire Allen Stanford arrived at court today to face fraud charges.

Billionaire Allen Stanford is back in Texas today to face federal charges that he ran a US$7bn (€4.95bn) scheme to defraud investors with his international banking empire.

Cricket entrepreneur and suspected fraudster Allen Stanford was due in Texas today to face federal charges he ran a €5bn swindle with his international banking empire.

TEXAS billionaire Allen Stanford surrendered to US authorities in Virginia on Thursday night after criminal charges were filed against him.

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, chairman of the troubled Stanford Financial Group, is to appear in court today on fraud charges after surrendering to FBI agents, officials said.

A politician is investigating whether Haitian public money was lost in the alleged Ponzi scheme run by Texas billionaire Allen Stanford.

The US government is asking a judge for permission to go after at least $226.6m (€174.4m) in back taxes, penalties and interest it says are owed by Sir Allen Stanford, the Texas billionaire accused of conducting an €6.1bn investment fraud through an offshore bank.

A US judge ruled today that thousands of investor accounts with Texan billionaire Allen Stanford’s financial companies would remain frozen for another 10 days.

Tiger Woods overcame a front-nine wobble to win his opening match at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in his much-anticipated comeback from an eight-month injury lay-off.

Antigua’s prime minister said parliament will reconvene to deal with fallout from allegations of fraud against Allen Stanford, the country’s largest private employer.

Caribbean regulators today took control of an Antiguan bank owned by cricket entrepreneur Allen Stanford to prevent its collapse as depositors rushed to pull their money after the American financier was accused of fraud.

The US government has questions to answer over an alleged multi-billion dollar fraud by cricket entrepreneur Allen Stanford, a Democrat Congressman said today.

LEICESTERSHIRE chairman Neil Davidson has called for England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke to resign over the body’s close links with Allen Stanford.

Texas billionaire and cricket mogul Allen Stanford sought to reassure his employees as US regulators probed his investment firm and Caribbean bank, which have delivered higher-than-average returns to investors and depositors despite the global meltdown.