BANKING & FINANCE - June 29, 1993

Judge Refuses to Delay Keating Sentencing: Financier Charles Keating Jr., convicted of 73 fraud, racketeering and conspiracy counts stemming from the collapse of his Irvine-based Lincoln Savings, wanted more time to respond to a probation report that he maintains is inaccurate. U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer refused to move the July 8 date for sentencing, which has been postponed three times already. Keating, who is serving a 10-year sentence on a state securities fraud conviction, faces a federal sentence of up to 525 years.