The SEC has been working with London police to track the British assets of R. Allen Stanford and prevent them from being transferred to Stanford or anyone else. SEC attorney David Reece said in early February that someone from Stanford’s operation gave Credit Suisse instructions “to liquidate the entire London-based portfolio,” according to the court filing.

The SEC also wants the British court to freeze several accounts holding less than $10 million in cash in a London branch of HSBC.

The SEC on Feb. 17 filed a civil complaint against Stanford, charging him with masterminding an $8 billion fraud at his offshore bank, which specialized in selling high-yielding certificates of deposit. Regulators also charged two of Stanford’s top deputies, Laura Pendergest-Holt and Jim Davis. No criminal charges have been filed as of yet.

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