Key legal question
Whether the appellant's transfers to third persons had to be treated as a withdrawal of assets under supplementary benefits law.
Extracted holding
Yes. The transfers were made without legal obligation, without equivalent consideration, and with a risk comparable to an all-or-nothing gamble; they therefore counted as assets relinquished.
Extracted reasoning
The appellant continued large transfers despite warning signs, knew the promised inheritance scheme was dubious and illegal, and acted with gross negligence in a manner equivalent to renouncing assets.