Former Stanford exec Holt pleads guilty to obstruction

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Laura Pendergest-Holt, the chief investment officer for Allen Stanford’s defunct financial firm, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction today as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.

The plea from Pendergest-Holt, 38, was entered in federal court in Houston before U.S. District Judge David Hittner.

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