Sport's Strangest Crimes: Allen Stanford - The Man Who Bought Cricket

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Sport's Strangest Crimes: Allen Stanford - The Man Who Bought Cricket: EP5: Whistleblowers / EP6: Hurricane Season

EP5: Whistleblowers / EP6: Hurricane Season

Allen Stanford - The Man Who Bought Cricket

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Allen faces a challenge from within his organisation that could have huge ramifications.

Stanford faces a challenge from within his own banking organisation. And then just a few months after the $20 million match in Antigua, the net begins to close in on Allen Stanford

Episode 5: Whistleblowers

After the groundbreaking $20 million cricket match, Allen Stanford was headline news across the cricketing world and beyond. He had delivered on his proposal to create a unique piece of sporting theatre, a cricket match the like of which had never been seen before. So as England's men's cricketers headed home following their defeat in the million dollar match,  their counterparts in the West Indies celebrated their victory.

However away from the celebrations in Antigua a couple of former Stanford employees have started a chain of events that could have huge implications for Stanford and his huge business empire. But billionaires don't shy away from a fight, especially when everything could be at stake. Sensing danger Allen employs all the tools at his disposal to try and stop the whistleblowers in their tracks.

Episode 6: Hurricane Season

Just a few months after the $20 million cricket match in Antigua, a perfect storm is brewing around Allen Stanford and his sprawling business empire.
There are 'red flags' everywhere and with the financial world imploding the authorities in America are under pressure to act quickly before it's too late. But taking on a billionaire is not for the faint-hearted, there can be consequences. Both the FBI and SEC are nervous about their next steps, but fearing he could be another Bernie Madoff and is running a Ponzi scheme they hatch a plan to try and find out the truth about Sir Robert Allen Stanford. It's a race against time with billions of dollars and people's livelihoods at stake.

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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