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Secrets of the Knight: Sir Allen Stanford and the Missing BillionsSecrets of the Knight: Sir Allen Stanford and the Missing Billions
PreviewInternational man of mystery. Globetrotting banker. Antiguan knight. Sir Allen Stanford is the moneyman from Texas, accused in a financial scandal that rocked the world. - CNBC’s Senior Correspondent Scott Cohn unlocks a bank vault full of secrets that destroyed savings, ruined lives and threatened a country’s economy.

SIR ALLEN STANFORD AND THE MISSING BILLIONS

In a CNBC Special Presentation “Secrets of the Knight: Sir Allen Stanford and the Missing Billions,” Senior Correspondent Scott Cohn follows a trail that stretches around the world. Sir Allen Stanford, CEO of Stanford Financial Group, heads a financial empire with 30-thousand clients in 133 countries. He’s a Texas billionaire, philanthropist and friend to politicians of both parties.

But, U.S. authorities say his Antigua based Stanford International Bank is an essential strand in a web of deceit…a Global ponzi scheme that has destroyed the savings of unsuspecting investors.

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Sir Allen Stanford of Stanford Financial swears he did nothing wrong. CNBC’s Scott Cohn sat down with him in an exclusive interview.


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In May, 2008 Stanford appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss emerging markets and real estate, with Carl Quintanilla.


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