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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.chron.com/business/article/Stanford-has-surgery-receiver-defends-fees-1721033.php\nStanford has surgery; receiver defends fees\nTOM FOWLER, Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle\nPublished 5:00 am CDT, Thursday, September 3, 2009\nJailed fraud defendant R. Allen Stanford had surgery for an aneurysm in his leg Wednesday morning and was back in a Conroe-area prison before noon.\nThe surgery was performed at the Conroe Regional Medical Center at about 7:30 a.m., said Stanford's defense lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, and Stanford was then returned to the privately run Joe Corley Detention Center.\nHe has been held without bail since July, when he was charged with 21 felony counts, including conspiracy and fraud, in what the government alleges was a $7 billion Ponzi scheme involving certificates of deposit issued by an offshore bank and sold through affiliates of Houston-based Stanford Financial Group.\nThe aneurysm was discovered after Stanford underwent a cardiac catheterization at the medical center Monday. He had been there since Aug. 27, when he was admitted with a rapid heartbeat.\nIn another matter related to the Stanford case, a court-appointed receiver trying to unravel Stanford Financial Group's books defended his request for fees of $27 million for the first 14 weeks of work on the case, saying the process is complicated and he's only doing what he was hired to do.\nThe Securities and Exchange Commission chose Dallas attorney Ralph Janvey for the job in February but has since asked the Dallas judge overseeing the case to cut 20 percent off the fees and to stop Janvey from pursuing funds paid out to investors before the company collapsed.\nIn court filings, attorneys for Janvey said the fees are necessary because the Stanford case is far-flung and complex, “yet those who oppose payment to the receiver claim to be shocked that a big cleanup produces a big bill.”\n“The actions required to dismantle the Stanford network would be absolutely necessary, and costly, whether the remaining assets had $1 billion or $1,000 in net value.Unwinding of this estate will never occur spontaneously.”\nJanvey referred to the SEC criticisms as “shrill objections” and suggested the agency pays “very limited attention to what the receiver does on a day to day basis, or they have a limited understanding of what a receiver must do when faced with a task as daunting as gaining control of the Stanford entities and their assets.”\nA hearing on the issue is set for Sept. 10 in Dallas.\nThe Associated Press and Bloomberg contributed to this story.\ntom.fowler@chron.com\nHouston is beating Dallas at something else now\nCrude inventory dip more than offset by gains in fuel, other...\nVanguard becomes Grizzly Energy after second bankruptcy\nLending Tree\nCrush your debt: refinance to a 15 yr fixed\nRefinance rates are near historic lows. Don't miss out.\nRates now at 4.12% APR - $225K mortgage for $1,664/mo\nExperts are urging Americans to refinance in 2018"