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18. The Tycoon (Allen Stanford)

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The Stanford Standard of Excellence

Stanford Financial Group now consists of a string of banks, both onshore and offshore. He was knighted by a government official in 2006 because he had become central to the new Antica economy. Stanford bought the island's newspaper just to fire two editors who were critical of the prime minister.

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