Posted on 09/17/2012 9:20:41 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
A Carson City recluse whose body was found in his home at least a month after he died left only $200 in his bank account.
But as Walter Samaszko Jr.s house was being cleared for sale, officials made a surprise discovery: gold bars and coins valued at $7 million.
Nobody had any clue he was hoarding the gold, Carson City Clerk-Recorder Alan Glover told the Las Vegas Sun, adding it was found stored in boxes in the house and garage.
The 69-year-old Samaszko was found dead in his home in late June after neighbors called authorities. He had been dead of heart problems for at least a month, according to the coroner.
He had lived in the house since the 1960s, and his mother lived with him until her death in 1992.
He left no will and had no apparent close relatives. But using a list of those who attended the mothers funeral, Glovers office tracked down Arlene Magdanz, a first cousin in San Rafael, Calif., the Sun reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegas.cbslocal.com ...
The bars at Fort Knox are about 27# each. So it would be the equivalent of about 9 bars. You could fit it all in a boot box - that you couldn’t lift.
Cousin!!!!
OMG! OMG! OMG!
What does “hoarding” really mean?
I think $7M sounds like a lot, because it is a lot.
Damn Revenoo agents!
Damn Preppers.
I could lift it, but i’ve been working out since you last saw me! let me show, i will lift that box right into the back of my pick-up....
I wonder if the IRS wouldn’t try to claim that the man obtained the money to buy the gold illegally or that he legally made the money, but failed to report it as income making it subject to confiscation by tax evasion.
FU IRS.
Gold rush: His cousin, Arlene Magdanz, will likely inherit the entire coin collection, though she hasn't had contact with him in more than a year. She is a substitute teacher.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204785/Reclusive-man-Walter-Samasko-died-7million-coins-Nevada-home.html#ixzz26rWosCj3
Thanks for the update.
‘welcome, dear
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