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Santa Ana's Swankiest Swindler Eldred's Downfall
Arthur Gordon Eldred, jailed in Orange County, recalls his rise from a $300 Bank of America loan to a vast Santa Ana based empire. He describes real estate booms, Prudential building deals, and a slide into mounting debts as construction loans and trust deeds froze funds, fueling charges of mishandling money and securities.
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Arthur Gordon Eldred
Orange County
Bank of America
Eldred
Spokane
Wash
San Diego
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Prudential
Robert SL. Gardner
Ken Williams
As Or Uhe Sudimer
Atlantic Ass. Long Beach
Prudental
West
Eledree
Haim
Isurance
el Robert Co
Ioy Ed Co
Phoenix
Long Beach
Hayward
North Ridge
S&s
Oxford St
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Portland
Santa Ana
Iosis
Robert Fraser
Irwin O. Brettauer
Beverly Hills
Brettauer
Dy Brettauer
Ord
Gazze
Spring Street