>He owes the banks about a half billion, so my guess is that he owes a lot of people favors.
When you owe the bank a million bucks they own. If you owe the bank 200million you own the bank.
Only if your name if J.P.Morgan.
I heard a saying once....
“If you owe the bank $100,000, then you have a problem.”
“If you owe the bank $100 million, then the bank has a problem.”