A Bit of a Sticky Wicket: the Crimes of Allen Stanford

Ridiculous Crime

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History, Comedy, True Crime

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

He was the man at the heart of a Texas-sized Ponzi scheme that amassed billions in fraudulent profits via offshore banking. Despite his huge donations in Antigua and US politics and his investment in international cricket and polo tournaments, Allen Stanford’s empire of lies came undone when his literal blood brother turned state’s evidence.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.8	Ridiculous crime is a production of IHeart Radio.
0:08.0	Elizabeth Dutton.
0:09.0	Zarin Burnett.
0:10.9	Oh, you got a big smile on your face.
0:12.6	You do.
0:13.0	You have a good weekend.
0:13.8	Sure.
0:15.1	Your day is what you make it, Zarin.
0:16.9	Oh, I've heard this from you.
0:18.7	Mm-hmm.
0:19.6	Yeah, shake and bake, baby.
0:20.8	So you made yourself a good one?
0:22.5	Yeah, I'm just deciding it's to me a great day. I love this for you. I'm going to ride your whole energy, your vibe that you're bringing. I'm just going to surf that into my own good mood. I love that for you. So I got a question for you, while you're all chipper. Yeah. Do you know it's ridiculous?
0:36.6	I do.
0:37.3	I do know it's ridiculous.
0:38.8	You know that I am not I do know it's ridiculous.
0:38.9	You know that I am not a big proponent of AI.
0:42.0	Yes.
0:42.8	You are, I would say you are an antagonist of AI.
0:47.1	Yeah, yeah.
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