Stanford Super Series in doubt after Stanford disbanded his team of 12 'Stanford Legends' who had been acting as ambassadors for the tournament. In the wake of fraud charges made against Stanford, the ECB terminated all contracts with Stanford in February 2009, meaning that the England cricket team took no further part in Stanford organised matches. Stanford was later convicted of 13 of 14 charges laid against him by U.S. authorities and was sentenced to 110 years in prison. Stanford Super Series The Stanford Super Series were a series of Twenty20 cricket matches in 2008, sponsored by Allen Stanford. The main game of
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