What is Charles Keating?
'''Charles Humphrey Keating, Jr.''' (December 4, 1923&nbsp;– March 31, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]], [[real estate developer]], and [[banker]]. Keating is known for his crimes in the [[Savings and loan crisis]] of the late 1980s. He served four and a half years in [[prison]] before those [[conviction]]s were overturned in 1996. In 1999, he pleaded guilty to a more limited set of [[wire fraud]] and [[bankruptcy fraud]] counts, and was sentenced to the time he had already served. Keating was born on December 4, 1923 in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]. He studied at [[St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati)|St. Xavier High School]], the [[University of Cincinnati]] and at the [[University of Cincinnati College of Law]]. Keating married Mary Elaine Fette in 1949. They had six children. He was also a successful swimmer and he worked to ban pornography. Keating died aged 90 on March 31, 2014 in his home in [[Phoenix, Arizona]] after having been ill for several weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/business/charles-keating-key-figure-in-the-1980s-savings-and-loan-crisis-dies-at-90.html?_r=0|title=Charles Keating, Key Figure in the 1980s Savings and Loan Crisis, Dies at 90|publisher=[[New York Times]].com|access-date=April 2, 2014|date=April 2, 2014|author=McFadden, Robert D.}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Keating, Charles}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American activists]] [[Category:American fraudsters]] [[Category:Lawyers from Cincinnati]] [[Category:American prisoners]] [[Category:Anti-pornography activists]] [[Category:Criminals from Ohio]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Arizona]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Cincinnati]] [[Category:Real estate developers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Cincinnati]]