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Fraud


March 12, 2009 | permalink |


We leave the South Atlantic and head to warmer waters to the north for today's Geo Quiz.

We're looking for a Caribbean nation that's part of the Leeward Islands. It takes its name from two of those islands.

The capital is called Saint John's. And as a former British colony, the ceremonial head of state is Queen Elizabeth the second. But this Caribbean nation is independent.

And today voters there went to the polls to elect a new parliament. One issue on voters' minds is the economy.

No surprise there.

But in this case -- the local economy is suffering from the fallout from an alleged 8 billion dollar fraud scheme. That scheme involved Texas financier Allen Stanford.

He was once one of the country's most prominent employers.

We'll tell you more in a minute -- when we reveal the name of this Caribbean island nation...






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