Money | Robert Allen Stanford Stanford Bank in Antigua Missing $8B 'It appears to be a Ponzi scheme,' investigator says By Nick McMaster Posted Feb 22, 2009 5:03 PM CST Copied In this Feb. 19, 2009 file photo, customers of Stanford Bank walk outside one of its offices in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Carlos Hernandez, File) Investigators rummaging around Allen Stanford's Antiguan bank have confirmed media reports that $8 billion is missing, the Times of London reports. “The $8 billion you hear about in the media isn’t there,” one official told customers outside the Stanford International Bank. "It appears to be a Ponzi scheme.” "We will be tracking the money in overseas banks, find a million in one, track another million to another bank,” the investigator said. “But there is nothing like $8 billion here." Read These Next The Supreme Court just struck down President Trump's tariffs. President Trump struck defiant tone after tariffs loss at court. Patrick Dempsey, Shonda Rhimes pay tribute to Eric Dane. How Reuters captured photo that will haunt the ex-prince forever. Report an error