On June 14th, 2012, R. Allen Stanford was sentenced by US District Judge David Wittner  to 110 years in federal prison for his role in a $7 billion fraud scheme. On pronouncing the sentence, Judge Wittner said that Stanford treated his victims like “economic roadkill.” Here is the story of his rise and fall. This More

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