By Anna Driver

HOUSTON, USA (Reuters) -- The receiver in accused swindler Allen Stanford's fraud case said Friday he has recovered nearly $2 million from certain investors who bought certificates of deposit from Stanford's offshore bank.

Attorney Ralph Janvey, the court-appointed receiver for Allen Stanford’s businesses. Photo: Troy Fields/Pierpont Communications Inc. via Bloomberg

Ralph Janvey, the court-appointed lawyer charged with returning assets to investors, sued about 200 Stanford customers in December, accusing them of unfairly cashing out before Stanford's firm was shut down in February 2009, when the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges.

So far, Janvey has finalized more than 30 settlements totaling over $1.8 million and additional settlements totaling $1 million are expected soon, the lawyer said in a statement on his website.

Stanford, 59, is accused of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say relied on sales of fraudulent CDs issued by his offshore bank in Antigua.

The Texas financier, who also faces criminal charges, has denied any wrongdoing and is in a Houston jail awaiting his January 2011 trial.