Allen Stanford Indies all-star XI, with a total prize fund of £12.27 million (US$20 million) to be awarded to the team that won the Championship. It was the largest prize ever offered to a team for a single tournament. This was in jeopardy after a row with Digicel, the sponsors of the West Indies cricket team, who were unhappy about sponsorship of the event. Eventually, the dispute was sorted out and the championship was won by Stanford Superstars, who defeated the England team by 10 wickets. On February 17, 2009, when news of the fraud investigation became public, the ECB and WICB
Allen Stanford withdrew from talks with Stanford on sponsorship. On February 20, 2009, the ECB announced it had severed its ties with Stanford and cancelled all contracts with him. Stanford owned two newspaper businesses in Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis, both called "The Sun". Following the scandal, both newspapers put workers on notice that their full operations would cease in April 2010. Stanford owned Maiden Island in Antigua and Barbuda. The case was featured on an October 2018 episode of "Swindled", a podcast dealing with white-collar crime. Allen Stanford Robert Allen Stanford (born March 24, 1950) is an American