Stanford Hospitalized Following Jail Fight

R. Allen Stanford, the Texas businessman and con artist accused of orchestrating a massive $7 billion Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors out of their money, is still hospitalized following a fight in a federal detention facility in Conroe. Stanford was hospitalized for what were described as minor injuries.
 
According to a U.S. Marshals Service spokesman, Stanford could be back in jail as soon as Monday. The fight occurred at 10 a.m. on Thursday at the Joe Corley Detention Facility and officials have not yet released why the fight started. Only Stanford was taken to the hospital, while the other man presumably did not sustain enough injuries.
 
Stanford has been in custody since July and has already visited the hospital during his stint in prison for what was described as an elevated heart rate. Doctors performed surgery on Stanford to repair a leg aneurysm and he then spent the next several days in the hospital under doctor supervision, where he was not allowed to receive visitors.

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