Charles Keating

A) was allowed to acquire Lincoln Savings and Loan of Irvine, California, even though he had been accused of fraud by the SEC only four-and-a-half years earlier.
B) fired Lincoln's conservative lending officers and internal auditors, even though he had promised regulators he would keep them.
C) enlisted the help of five senators to delay the seizure of Lincoln's assets.
D) did all of the above.

D