Seymour Lazar person
also: Lazar, Lasser
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Claims (2)
Seymour Lazar member_of
Castle Bank & Trust documented
“One of the authors researching Castle had, at that time, they were researching it because one of the people involved in the $200 million savings and loan deal in Florida had been the bank's in-house counsel, along with Paul Helliwell himsel…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA&Bush Part 5 @ 21:18
Seymour Lazar member_of
Pulver Group documented
“And in 1978, they unloaded their investments and leases to a guy by the name of Seymour Lazar, L-A-Z-A-R, who lived in California. The investigative reporters couldn't find him or any information about him. But three years later, when he wa…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA&Bush Part 5 @ 20:46
Mentions (6)
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The connections of Renner and Swimmer to the mafia were known. What about the Pulver group, aside from just rumors? Pulver and his group first came to Texas in 1973, but they started out in Corpus Christi, not Houston. They bought one apart…
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One of the authors researching Castle had, at that time, they were researching it because one of the people involved in the $200 million savings and loan deal in Florida had been the bank's in-house counsel, along with Paul Helliwell himsel…
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What? Seymour Lazar was banking at Castle Bank? Lazar, who was an investor and an attorney in Palm Springs, California, had gotten in trouble with the SEC in 1973 during an attempted takeover of Armor Corporation by General Host. One of Laz…
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involved in Resorts International, which was a mafia casino with ties to Meyer Lansky. Lazar had also purchased shares from Resort International predecessor company, Mary Carter Paints, which was a CIA front. What's more, Lazar was an assoc…
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Mellon Hitchcock. You know, the Hitchcock that sold all of the LSD to the CIA. He was the grandson of Gulf Oil and nephew of Andrew Mellon, who bounced back and forth between high finance and the LSD market. Hitchcock had become a patron of…
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who also owned stock in Resorts International and had accounts at Castle Bank too. Lasser was called the head of the California LSD market. Finally, Lasser had worked for Louis Chesler. Uncle Lou is what he was referred to. He was one of th…