The husband spent a million dollars on gambling and attacked his wife who decided to divorce him
A man in his forties, who in recent months spent about a million dollars on gambling in casinos run by criminal organizations, was arrested after he attacked his wife and threatened her when she decided to start divorce proceedings against him and closed her joint bank account with him.
The husband, who was a successful businessman, was injured in a work accident and in recent months became addicted to casino gambling. He withdrew about a million dollars from his and his wife’s bank accounts to cover his gambling debts. A few weeks ago the wife was horrified to discover that the husband had emptied their bank account since he is authorized to sign for withdrawals.
“I spent everything in the casino,” the husband confessed. He also withdrew several tens of thousands of dollars from their children’s savings to continue gambling. The wife contacted a lawyer and started divorce proceedings against her husband and at the same time decided to close their joint bank account to prevent him from continuing to gamble.
According to her, the husband was enraged at the moves she made, threatened to hurt her and in one case pushed her with force until she fell to the floor. After she filed a complaint against him at the police station, the husband admitted to the acts attributed to him, was released under restrictive conditions and was forbidden to approach his wife for the next month or to have direct or indirect contact with her.
