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Scott W. Rothstein (born June 10, 1962) is a disbarred lawyer and the former managing shareholder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm. He was accused of funding his philanthropy, political contributions, law firm salaries, and an extravagant lifestyle with a massive 1.2 billion dollar Ponzi scheme, one of the largest such in history.〔http://www.savemoneytips.com/10-largest-ponzi-scheme-proprietors-of-the-21st-century/10 largest financial fraud proprietors of the 21st century〕 On December 1, 2009, Rothstein turned himself in to authorities and was subsequently arrested on charges related to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).〔 〕 Although his arraignment plea was not guilty, Rothstein cooperated with the Government and reversed his plea to guilty of five federal crimes on January 27, 2010.〔 〕 Rothstein was denied bond by U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin Rosenbaum, who ruled that due to his ability to forge documents, he was considered a flight risk.〔http://www.sun-sentinel.com/media/acrobat/2009-12/50820067.pdf〕 == Overview == On June 9, 2010, Rothstein received a 50-year prison sentence after a hearing in federal court in Fort Lauderdale,〔 〕 although federal prosecutors in 2011 filed a motion notifying the court they would be seeking a sentence reduction for Rothstein. His firm had 70 lawyers and 150 employees, with offices in Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Tallahassee, Florida, New York and Caracas, Venezuela. The firm focused on labor and employment matters, civil rights, intellectual property, internet law, corporate espionage, personal injury, wrongful death, commercial litigation, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and governmental relations.〔()〕 His client list included: Citicorp, J. C. Penney, Ed Morse Automotive Group, National Beverage, Silversea Cruise Lines, Supra Telecom, and Wells Fargo.〔 〕 Until he was permanently disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court on November 25, 2009, Rothstein was a member of the Florida Bar and admitted by the United States Supreme Court. He had been given an "AV" peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Rothstein may have stolen millions of dollars from an investment side-business.〔 〕 A list of 259 persons or corporate entities entitled to $279 million in restitution has been sealed by the court.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Judge seals list of Rothstein victims )〕 On November 3, 2009, Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Department of the Treasury agents served a warrant to search the firm's Fort Lauderdale offices. Rothstein sent an email in recent weeks to firm lawyers asking them to investigate which countries refused to extradite criminal suspects to either the U.S. or Israel, and firm lawyers responded that Morocco is one such country. Rothstein had wired $16 million to an individual in Casablanca〔 〕 and left for Casablanca on October 26, 2009. On October 31, 2009, he sent a suicide text message note to all of his law partners:
On November 3, 2009, after many texts by Stuart Rosenfeldt, the president of the firm, urging him to "choose life", Rothstein returned to Fort Lauderdale on a chartered jet, (chartered by the ex-husband of Governor Crist's wife, Todd Rome)〔 〕 from Casablanca. On November 2, his law firm with only $117,000 in its operating account filed suit against him, asked a judge to dissolve the firm, accusing him of misappropriating hundreds of millions of dollars from investor trust accounts in a Ponzi scheme from an investment business he covertly ran out of his law office.〔 〕〔 〕 In 2009 Rothstein resided at the Federal Detention Center, Miami in Downtown Miami,〔McMahon, Paula and Tonya Alanez. "(Rothstein's dive from Bahia Drive: Miami detention center humbles lifestyle of disgraced attorney )." ''The Palm Beach Post''. Tuesday December 8, 2009. Retrieved on December 30, 2009.〕 but was later moved to an undisclosed location and his inmate number removed from the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator webpage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scott W. Rothstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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