Antiguans Scramble to Withdraw Savings From Bank Embroiled in Tycoon's Alleged Fraud
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}June 11, 2008: Sir R. Allen Stanford, poses for photos in London. Federal regulators on Feb. 17, 2009 charged Stanford with 'massive fraud.' (AP)
Dozens of angry customers turned up at the main branch of the Bank of Antigua trying to get their money back after the United States federal government said R. Allen Stanford's investment businesses were too good to be true, and shut his companies down on Tuesday.