R Allen Stanford told his top brokers in late 2008 that his Antiguan bank “was sitting on $5.1 billion” more cash than it needed as his treasury manager was privately e-mailing him that there was just $173.6 million on hand, Stanford’s former finance chief testified.

The court-appointed attorneys for accused Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford have filed a new motion to delay the January 23 start of trial after being ordered to remain on the job.