Federal authorities tell ABC News that the FBI and others have been investigating whether [Allen] Stanford was involved in laundering drug money for Mexico's notorious Gulf Cartel.Authorities tell ABC News that as part of the investigation, which has been ongoing since last year, Mexican authorities detained one of Stanford's private planes. According to officials, checks found inside the plane were believed to be connected to the Gulf cartel, reputed to be Mexico's most violent gang. Authorities say Stanford could potentially face criminal charges of money laundering and bribery of foreign officials.
When you're involved in fraudulent enterprises involving billions of dollars, with lots of unaccounted for and untracked streams of money, organized criminal syndicates -- whether it's the mob or drug gangs or whatever -- just tend not to be too far behind. I suspect we'll eventually find that with Madoff securities fraud was not the only crime.
And, under the circumstances, it might be interesting to see what the CIA knows about Mr. Stanford.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Update: Found by the FBI in Virginia and served, but not told to stay in the country.
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