Allen Stanford Stanford created and funded the Stanford 20/20 cricket tournament in the West Indies, for which he built his own ground in Antigua. The first Stanford 20/20 Cricket Tournament was held in July and August 2006. The second tournament took place in January and February 2008 with a global television audience of 300 million. Trinidad and Tobago took first place and with it the US $280,000 Stanford Super Series prize after defeating Middlesex on October 27, 2008. In June 2008, Stanford and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) signed a deal for five Twenty20 internationals between England and a West
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