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- BUSINESS, Page 38Business NotesSCANDALSEverything But the Sink
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- As Charles Keating's real estate empire crumbled around him
- in August 1990, he apparently reached for something to hold on
- to. And, according to the Arizona Republic, he got plenty. Last
- week the newspaper reported the allegation that just before he
- resigned as chairman of American Continental Corp., which had
- filed for bankruptcy protection, Keating looted the office of
- various and sundry supplies and had them shipped to a building
- he had rented. The alleged booty: lamps, typewriters, phone and
- computer equipment, a Minolta overhead projector and paper. "A
- myriad of items. Everything you'd need to start a new
- business," said a lawyer who is familiar with the investigation.
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- Not that Keating is setting himself up in business anytime
- soon. Last month the former high-flying financier was convicted
- in a California court of securities fraud connected with the
- failure of Lincoln Savings & Loan, an A.C.C. subsidiary. Federal
- criminal charges followed, and when Keating claimed negative net
- worth, the judge reduced his $2 million bail to $300,000. The
- Feds have amassed a 77-count indictment that accuses Keating,
- and four others, of defrauding Lincoln of $250 million. Keating
- maintains his innocence on the charges. Oh, and the missing
- property has been returned to A.C.C.
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