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Fugitive financier Robert Vesco lives in this Costa Rican house, around which workmen are building 10-foot wall
Fugitive financier Robert Vesco lives in this Costa Rican house, around which workmen are building 10-foot wall

Fugitive financier Robert Vesco lives in this Costa Rican house, around which workmen are building 10-foot wall

Date4/26/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fugitive financier Robert Vesco lives in this Costa Rican house, around which workmen are building 10-foot wall. Vesco refuses to give details, but claims U.S. authorities made an attempt to kidnap him. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleges Vesco and associates converted millions from collapsed IOS Ltd. mutual funds.
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Fugitive financier Robert Vesco was arrested yesterday in his office in the Bahamas and is free on $75,000 bail to await hearing on a U.S. request for(...)
Fugitive financier Robert Vesco was arrested yesterday in his office in the Bahamas and is free on $75,000 bail to await hearing on a U.S. request for(...)
11/7/1973
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias
4/10/1989
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2/28/1980
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4/26/1974
Robert Vesco
Robert Vesco
4/26/1974
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n.d.
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It is impossible to get a comparable property anywhere around for the money we've been offered, says Gordon Auld, 81, who lives on Brock Rd. outside B(...)
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