World Exclusive: Weitzner Had Tax Problems
EOG.com founder Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner had financial problems long before his abrupt suicide two months ago, Gambling911.com can report in a world exclusive!
According to documents obtained by Gambling911.com, Weitzner was unable to pay his Federal income taxes in 2008, and a lien was placed on his house in Virginia.
Gambling911.com obtained an Accurint report on Weitzner. The report is a summary of all public documents in the U.S. pertaining to a particular individual, and includes information about the individual's arrests, convictions, judgments, liens, properties, bankruptcies, licenses and permits, as well as other data. Accurint (www.accurint.com) provides reports on anyone, for a fee.
Weitzner's Accurint report shows that a Federal tax lien was placed on his house at 2128 Hickory Forest Drive in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, on August 5, 2008. The lien, issued through the Chesapeake Circuit Court, was for $73,024, and the creditor owed the funds was listed as the Internal Revenue Service.
Weitzner apparently exaggerated his alcohol problems, Gambling911.com can also report.
Although Weitzner claimed to have been arrested for drunken driving a dozen times--an apparent attempt to foster an "outlaw" image and breed street cred--the Accurint report shows only four arrests for Weitzner in his life, and only one for drunken driving.
According to Accurint, Weitzner was arrested on January 22, 1991, and charged with altering a document, a felony. He pled guilty and the charge was reduced to a misdemeanor (the charge dealt with forging a document to show he was a doctor, which he was not).
Weitzner was arrested on April 10, 1991, and charged with prescription fraud, a felony. The prosecutor declined to prosecute the case (the charge dealt with writing illegal prescriptions for painkillers, with the charge being dropped after Weitzner agreed to rat out several doctors involved in Medicare fraud).
Weitzner was arrested on December 16, 1993, and charged with reckless driving, a misdemeanor, and refusing to take a breathalyzer test, also a misdemeanor. The reckless driving charge was dismissed and he was found guilty of the breathalyzer charge.
Weitzner's lone arrest for drunken driving, according to the Accurint report, occurred on June 28, 2001. He was convicted of the charge, a misdemeanor, and sentenced to four months and four days in jail. The jail time was suspended and he was put on probation.
The Accurint report also lists several court judgments that were made against Weitzner, including one for $12,328 in 1993 in New York state, one for $240 in 1995 in Virginia and one for $65 in 1997 in Virginia.
In addition, the report notes, Weitzner did not have a license to carry a concealed weapon in any state.
By Tom Somach
Gambling911.com Staff Writer
