Ralph Janvey v. Oreste Tonarelli

This ease is the latest in a number of appeals arising from the collapse of Allen Stanford’s massive Ponzi scheme. Ralph Janvey, the Receiver for the Stanford entities, seeks to use the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act to take back money paid to employees of various Stanford entities. The district court denied these employees’ motions to compel arbitration based on arbitration agreements included in the terms of contracts with the Stanford Group Company. We AFFIRM.

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R. Allen Stanford created a large network of interconnected companies that sold certificates of deposit to investors through…