True. This guy had very severe mental problems. Most people would have just realized that "the problem" was that they were too easy giving out money to people and just made simple adjustments to curb that "problem" behavior/problem.
This reminds me of the West Virginia lottery winnder who was allegedly a practicing Christian. Several years after winning one of the big lotteries ($100+ million), he's gotten a few DUIs and has apparently made a second home of the local strip club.