# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-citron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:00:29.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-citron"
name: "Robert Citron"
slug: "robert-citron"
description: "Robert Lafee Citron was the longtime Treasurer-Tax Collector of Orange County, California, when it declared Chapter 9 bankruptcy on December 6, 1994. The bankruptcy was brought on by Citron's investment strategies, which seemed to be an effort to earn high incomes for the county, without raising taxes, through risky, leveraged positions in bonds. The strategy paid out at first. In 1994, a cash crunch occurred when interest rates increased and financiers for the county required increased collateral from the county. It was later revealed that Citron relied upon a mail-order astrologer and a psychic for interest rate predictions as the county's finances began to falter."
tagline: "American politician (1925-2013)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1925-04-14"
deathDate: "2013-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.100758666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "羅伯特·西特倫"
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    title: "Ռոբերտ Սիտրոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump