There was a final note of lies and dishonesty written by William Keating and his associates a short time after federal regulators seized the Lincoln Savings and Loan about a year ago . One veteran regulator described the seizure of the company as the most bizarre and chaotic thing he had ever encountered . Loan and credit files , said the regulator , were missing . FDIC personnel managed to retrieve the files when the savings and loan managers demanded the files in exchange for the art in the company 's offices . A few blocks away on Capitol Hill, Rep. Henry Gonzalez, who made Mr. Keating something of a celebrity with his hearings on Lincoln last year, called for the Justice Department to freeze the assets of Mr. Keating and other "highflyers who have defrauded savings and loans." Keating later denied that there was any such bartering .
There was a final note of lies and dishonesty written by William Keating and his associates a short time after federal regulators seized the Lincoln Savings and Loan about a year ago . One veteran regulator described the seizure of the company as the most bizarre and chaotic thing he had ever encountered . Loan and credit files , said the regulator , were missing . FDIC personnel managed to retrieve the files when the savings and loan managers demanded the files in exchange for the art in the company 's offices . Keating later denied that there was any such bartering .