126:, who had thought he might have faked his death, because of the September 15, 1976, failure of American Bank & Trust. This was the fourth-largest bank failure in United States history at the time, and Graiver's banks in Argentina and elsewhere also failed. A New York court declared Graiver officially dead on January 15, 1979, clearing the way for resolution of some outstanding financial issues.
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Conarepa, the state entity formed to liquidate assets seized from political opponents, expropriated the uncompleted
Bristol Center and other Graiver family properties in Argentina. The private shareholders of Papel Prensa, including the widow Lidia Papaleo, were later indemnified in 1985 by President
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and administered his diverse interests from there. Debts of US$ 67 million, however, prompted
Graiver to transfer around US$ 45 million in loans from American Bank & Trust to his Brussels bank. It made large loans to Graiver-controlled businesses. He maintained a second home in
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during the sale of her shares of Papel Prensa. She said that she had been tortured in police custody in 1977 and was urged to forfeit any further payment, as well as her remaining shares in
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He married Susana
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Papaleo and the other private partners negotiated the sale of their shares on
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Graiver's ownership of the Banco
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Judge Arnold
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Law School. He did not finish the program but, with his family's support, purchased the Banco
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was skeptical that Graiver had died in the crash. The incident was never investigated by the Mexican government nor was the
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