Vulture

Circling the Savings of Thousands While Regulators Looked Away

Charles Keating, the notorious financier at the center of the 1980s Savings and Loan scandal, embodied the Vulture's opportunistic nature by preying on vulnerable depositors and elderly investors who lost their life savings in the collapse of Lincoln Savings and Loan. Like a vulture, he thrived in the decaying financial landscape of deregulation, swooping in to exploit loopholes and corrupt political connections — famously funneling money to five U.S. senators who became known as the 'Keating Five.' His ability to project moral righteousness while orchestrating one of the costliest bank failures in American history mirrors the Vulture's unsettling blend of patience, cunning, and survival at others' expense.