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_ E D Continued from E2 Until recently, Mr. Costanza had no inkling the lawyer was buying lot- tery tickets or otherwise spending the money. , "I don't know what he used it for," he said. "If he tells you he used it for lottery tickets, how are you going to check that out? It's worse than the needle in the haystack." It's still not clear where the mon- ey Went The money Peter Speyer, who prosecuted the criminal charges against Rogala, said this week the best "guemimate" police could make was that he poured about $600,000 into lottery tickets, invated about $244,000 in the Power House restaurant in Stoney Creek and spent the remaining $850,000 on "his own concupisence of the flesh (sexual gratification ." Mr, Spey er said there is no evi- dence that the disbarred lawyer squirrelled the stolen money away in some oft-shore haven. But Mr. Wagensveld, at least, be lieves he would have salted a few dollars away. "He has an elderly mother and he would have put something aside so she would be looked after while he was in jail," he said He also believes some of the ,misingfundswereusedtopayold debts, such as the money borrowed from George Sinclair Construction "He was digging one hole to fill another," he said Stoney Creek Realtor Dave Brown, who lost $19,500 in the scam, ' also has trouble behaving the money 7 -lawyer's gifts; left recipients f_ a little confused"; was gambled away. "I've known Albin for about 10 years He was not only our lawyer but a personal friend I could uhder-- stand a high roller blowing $507000 to $60,000 on gambling junkets'to' Las Vegas But not Albin If he was a high roller, he had to have Jekyll and Hyde personality," said Mr. Brown "The only gamble I've everi seen him take was investing in the Power House restaurant," he added. L r. Doug Brown (no relation),'who is spearheading the Power Houw'. pro- ject, said he had to buy out Rogala's share of the busineS because the money had to be turned over to the creditors in the bankruptcy. -' '; Genius IQ He said Rogala, whom-he de- scribed as having a genius-level IQ, told him he had squanderedsu mil- lion to $12 million in lotteryfiiekets, busines among about 35 outlets and spending as muph as $11,000 in one week w The police estimated he only about half that much on lottery; tick' ets E Inna rt v Mr. Speyer pointed out, htliwtever, that it is hard to deterrnine- how much people spend on the lotteries And, while some aspects or the case may always remain shréuded in mystery, Judge Antonifirraw made one point perfectly cleatr-lvhen Rogala appeared before in provincial courtthlsweek ' :. He told him to expect a lonésfint injail went he returns for ' June 9. ti'