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Sport's Strangest Crimes: Allen Stanford - The Man Who Bought Cricket: EP3: Antigua / EP4: The Match

EP3: Antigua / EP4: The Match

Allen Stanford - The Man Who Bought Cricket

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Allen moves to Antigua and discovers the pull of cricket. Then the match for $20 million.

Allen moves his operation to Antigua where he discovers the power of cricket in the Caribbean. And then ... one match for $20 million. Winner takes all. The losers get nothing.

Episode 3: Antigua

After leaving the island of Montserrat, Allen moves his growing banking empire to the newly independent island of Antigua. Here he quickly realises that cricket is THE sport in the Caribbean, the game that everyone loves and follows and hatches a plan to invest in a new T20 tournament in the West Indies. He invests millions of dollars, signs up the greats of Windies cricket and sets the ball rolling on his cricket revolution. 

However while his banking business appears to be blossoming with thousands of customers investing hundreds of millions of dollars, behind the scenes law enforcement operations are still concerned and continue investigating the Texan and his operations.

Episode 4: The Match

Antigua, 1st November, 2008. Allen Stanford's dream is now a reality. The waiting and talking is over. One cricket match for $20 million. The winning players will walk away with a cool $1 million each, the losers will get absolutely nothing. One catch, one wicket or one run could be the difference between winning a life changing amount of money or leaving the field with nothing. It was The Stanford Superstars versus England for a unique and groundbreaking cricket match organised and bankrolled by the billionaire banking magnate Sir Allen Stanford.

Greg James continues on his quest to find out who exactly Allen Stanford was and the truth behind his business empire. Hear the full series now on BBC Sounds.

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Money laundering, the FBI, drug cartels, offshore banks and of course some cricket.

Money laundering, the FBI, drug cartels, Ponzi schemes, extramarital affairs, offshore banks, and of course some cricket.

Money laundering, the FBI, drug cartels, Ponzi schemes, extramarital affairs, offshore banks, and of course some cricket. For the past 12 months, Greg James has been trying to find out who exactly is Allen Stanford.

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