The third season of the TV series Damages shares similarities with the fall of the Stanford Financial group of companies after they manipulate Antigua 's banking laws .
Season 3 is largely based on the 2009 epic Bernie Madoff scandal , with veiled references and similarities to the case of the collapse of the Stanford Financial Group of companies and their use of Antigua 's opaque banking laws . ; Narrative devices
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