An Antigua and Barbuda financial services association is lobbying to improve the islands' reputation in the wake of an alleged Ponzi scheme tied to one of the jurisdiction's biggest investors.
A Miami lawyer at odds with the U.S. Treasury Department for alleged bank fraud and his law firm are balking at a request to produce documents tied to the investigation of financier Robert Allen Stanford.
Antigua's efforts to end its reputation as a crime haven have suffered following the disclosure that the alleged head of an $8 billion fraud helped craft the country's anti-money laundering regime.
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