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How the Second Biggest Fraud in History Got Exposed | SLICE EXPERTS

In 2009, Allen Stanford was one of the world's most influential bankers. The Texan's fortune was estimated to be around 2.2 billion dollars. Nothing could have led anyone to imagine that this affable man was at the time suspected of having pulled together a Ponzi scheme: a massive 8 billion dollar scam, the second biggest fraud in history. With no formal training, he set himself up as a banker in the 1990s and reappeared in Antigua & Barbuda in the Caribbean, it is here that he chose to operate an incredible scam wherein he promised very high interest rates to investors from around the world. But in 2009, with the financial crisis, everything fell apart. Everyone wanted to get their cash back and after a twenty-year scam, Allen Stanford could no longer maintain the illusion. His bank was nothing but a hollow shell and the money had disappeared. After a cross-country manhunt, he was finally arrested. In 2012, the extravagant Allen Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in prison. Documentary: White Collar Gangsters – S2E2 Allen Standford – Billionaire Pirate of the Carribean Directed by: Caroline Amiard Produced by: Pallas Télévision #freedocumentary #documentary #experts #bank #tax #stanford