Where there are people transacting business there will be bad behavior. Ponzis and pyramids and a rainbow of other fraudulent schemes. But Billie Sol added a little extra flair to his multi-million-dollar fraud that came to light in the early 1960s.
“Notorious Texas con man.” “Well-connected wheeler-dealer.” “Flamboyant Texas swindler.” Author of a “Texas-sized legacy of scandals.” These were the headlines that graced newspapers from West Coast to East Coast in 2013 when Billie Sol Estes died at the age of 88 in his home in Granbury, Texas.
It was just over 51 years since the Texan had embarked on a more notorious tour across the country’s front pages, but that time had done nothing to soften his reputation. Where there are people transacting business—humans with all their foibles and vices—there will be bad behavior. Ponzis and pyramids and a rainbow of other fraudulent schemes. But Billie Sol, as he was commonly called, added a little extra flair to his multi-million-dollar fraud that came to light in the early 1960s.
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