Missing Michigan Banker Had Gambling Problems

A banker from Mount Clemens, Michigan, who went missing last Saturday, reportedly had a serious gambling addiction ten years ago while living in Las Vegas.  David Widlak moved to Michigan in order to start a new life.  He was said to have gambled around $3000 per day during that period. 

From the Daily Tribune:

David Widlak, the president and CEO of Community Central Bank, was given a fresh start in approximately 1999 by then-CEO Harold Allmacher.

"He told me he had to get out of Vegas because he lost a lot of money gambling there and he sold his condo," said Allmacher, the founder of Community Central Bank in 1996. "He said he was coming back to town (Mount Clemens) to re-establish himself as a lawyer."

But Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel told the Detroit Free Press Thursday morning there was no solid evidence to support that gambling had anything to do with the banker’s disappearance. Investigators spoke with family members and local Detroit casinos, ruling out the connection with gambling for the time being. 

Nonetheless, they are looking at the potential link.

Beyond that, “I can’t really speak to it, other than to say we’ve already checked on it,” Hackel told the Free Press this morning. “Nor has it been substantiated by the family at all.”