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Robert Allen Stanford, Laura Pendergest-Holt, Gilbert Lopez, Mark Kuhrt, Leroy King, James Davis
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- Company / entity
- Stanford International Bank Ltd, Stanford Financial Group, Stanford Group Company, Stanford Capital Management
- Industry
- Offshore bank certificates of deposit (CDs)
- How investors were recruited
- Network of Stanford-employed financial advisors/brokers who sold CDs to their own client books; sports sponsorship (cricket) built public credibility
- Pitch & red flags
- "high-yield" offshore CDs, "safety," celebrity/sports sponsorship
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