, ▁leaving ▁US $ 4 5 ▁million ▁in ▁bad ▁deb ts ▁that ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁collapse ▁of ▁American ▁Bank ▁& ▁Trust ▁– ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁largest ▁bank ▁failure ▁in ▁U . S . ▁history . ▁District ▁Att orney ▁Robert ▁M org enth au ▁was ▁ske pt ical ▁that ▁Gra iver ▁died ▁in ▁the ▁crash , ▁and ▁ind icted ▁Gra iver ▁for ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁American ▁Bank ▁& ▁Trust ; ▁Gra iver ' s ▁banks ▁in ▁Argentina ▁and ▁elsewhere ▁also ▁failed . ▁New ▁York ▁Judge ▁Arnold ▁Fra iman ▁ultimately ▁ruled ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁that ▁Gra iver ▁was ▁dece ased , ▁although ▁he ▁did ▁so ▁with ▁res erv ations . ▁ ▁Military ▁jun ta ▁ ▁Argentina ▁was ▁subsequently ▁ruled ▁for ▁seven ▁years ▁by ▁a ▁right - wing ▁dict ator ship ▁that ▁o vers aw ▁a ▁reign ▁of ▁terror . ▁General ▁Jorge ▁Vid ela , ▁who ▁was ▁dict ator ▁of ▁Argentina ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁pres ided ▁over ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁D irty ▁War ▁ab uses , ▁including ▁extensive ▁kid n apping ▁and ▁tort ure , ▁thousands ▁of ▁forced ▁disappear ances , ▁the ▁mur ders ▁of ▁some ▁ 1 3 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁diss idents ▁and ▁political ▁enemies ▁and ▁their ▁families ▁at ▁secret ▁det ention ▁cam ps , ▁and ▁the ▁kid n apping ▁and ▁sale ▁of ▁around ▁ 5 0 0 ▁b ab ies ▁born ▁at ▁the ▁cam ps .