#SilverThursday
7 entries tagged SilverThursday.
People (5)
- Hunt brothers Nelson Bunker, William Herbert, and Lamar Hunt, the sons of H.L. Hunt's first family, who held Placid Oil and Penrod Drilling in trust and were found liable in 1988 for manipulating the silver market.
- Lamar Hunt Youngest son of H.L. Hunt's first family and founder of the American Football League, whose Dallas office Jack Ruby drove a job applicant to on November 21, 1963, and whose name was in Ruby's notebook.
- Margaret Hunt Hill Eldest child of H.L. Hunt, his business aide, trustee of her lobotomized brother's fortune, who after the 1980 silver collapse made Bunker and Herbert Hunt pledge more property to protect Placid Oil.
- Nelson Bunker Hunt Dallas oilman who lost the Sarir field to Libya, was indicted for wiretapping his father's aides, was found liable for conspiring to corner silver in 1980, and gave 475,000 dollars to Oliver North's Contra fundraisers.
- William Herbert Hunt Son of H.L. Hunt who was indicted with his brother Bunker for wiretapping their father's aides, was found liable in the 1980 silver manipulation, and kept Petro-Hunt in a trust beyond his creditors' reach.
Organizations (2)
- Minpeco Peruvian state minerals trading company that lost on short silver positions in 1979 and 1980 and won a federal judgment of more than 132 million dollars against the Hunt brothers and their partners.
- Placid Oil Company Oil company of H.L. Hunt's first family trusts, pledged to banks after the 1980 silver collapse, which sued its 23 lenders, filed for bankruptcy in New Orleans, and was sold to Occidental in 1994.