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How sad.

Why in the hell isn't "Uncle Bill" named in the Complaint or anyone else?

"Berenfeld Spritzer Shechter & Sheer LLP, one of South Florida’s largest and fastest
growing independent accounting firms, won the 2009 Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce
Diamond Award in the Large Business Category. The firm was honored during a
November 13 ceremony at the Hyatt Regency in Coral Gables."

........sounds familiar

Simony indicates the fraud took in competitive legal funding ventures...
Whitehaven deals in injury claims.

Jack Simony--
Jack co-founded Whitehaven, a legal funding company, establishing the strategic direction, vision & implementation of the firm’s goals while overseeing the firm’s operations, new business development, acquisitions, and media and corporate communications efforts. Prior to co-founding Whitehaven, Jack was a partner in Knightsbridge Equities, a trading/clearing firm specializing in providing both capital and technology to professional traders, hedge funds and family offices. At Knightsbridge, Jack was responsible for strategic planning and execution, capital market management, risk and adoption analysis, as well as approving new product design, and product marketing.

Jack’s extensive experience in forming partnerships and strategic relationships with major financial institutions, both in the United States and abroad, enabled the company to grow from a single New York office to a presence in eight cities globally.

Contact Jack: js@CreativeSlate.com

So, two of the investors' were named "simony" and "jackel"? Can't make this stuff up.

so Scherer is the hero now. Gross. I hate that Rothstein gave Scherer the opportunity to exploit this case for his own financial gain.

At least we have someone with an inside track to the movie rights

Creative Slate LLC was founded for the express purpose of developing outstanding feature films outside of the major and so-called “independent” studios.

Our goal at Creative Slate is to secure a foothold at the crossroads of emerging filmmaking technologies and undiscovered talent. By utilizing state-of-the-art digital production and the creativity and hunger of a moviemaking community, we strive to create slates of quality motion pictures that will enthrall audiences, provide front-line opportunities to up-and-coming professionals at all levels, and yield substantial returns to our investors.

Creative Slate is structured around the efficient development of a smoothly flowing pipeline of diverse, marketable films. With a brand new production commencing every three months, on average, our studio benefits from effectively balancing multiple projects across the pre-production, production, and post-production stages at all times.

Jack SimonyPrincipal

Jack brings to Creative Slate an extraordinary track record of business and managerial experience in the financial services industry.

Jack co-founded Whitehaven, a legal funding company, establishing the strategic direction, vision & implementation of the firm’s goals while overseeing the firm’s operations, new business development, acquisitions, and media and corporate communications efforts. Prior to co-founding Whitehaven, Jack was a partner in Knightsbridge Equities, a trading/clearing firm specializing in providing both capital and technology to professional traders, hedge funds and family offices. At Knightsbridge, Jack was responsible for strategic planning and execution, capital market management, risk and adoption analysis, as well as approving new product design, and product marketing.

Jack’s extensive experience in forming partnerships and strategic relationships with major financial institutions, both in the United States and abroad, enabled the company to grow from a single New York office to a presence in eight cities globally.

Contact Jack: js@CreativeSlate.com

Jackel worked for Levin (kit car company in Miami) back when.

Keep up the hard work Bob! At least your efforts are being recognized. I thought I saw a fan club dedicated to you on Facebook. But, I could be wrong, and need glasses.

Bob:

In the latest complaint, Scherer writes:

"Astoundingly, Levin's revealing admission took the group by surprise because one of the core "deal" tenants insured against any possible deficit by requiring a putative defendant's settlement to be funded prior to an investors lump sum purchase. "

[b]WTF?![/b]

Doesn't the entire point of investing in a structured settlement hinge on the fact that the plaintiff doesn't want to wait for his money to be funded by the "putative defendant" so he is willing to accept a lesser amount up-front from the investor, who receives the entire sum over a period of time?

If the settlement was already funded prior to the investors lump sum purchase, what was the investor purchasing?

If the scenario as Scherer writes it was true, then the investor was merely swapping his investment of x for an immediate return of x+y.

This isn't too difficult to follow: The investor was receiving an immediate return for an investment that was supposed to be paid out over time!

In case any of you keeping score at home still thought that any of these investors were 'innocent'...

I like how she refers to her mom's house as "her" house, as if she worked for it and paid for it. Her salary of 250K a year should be part of the claw back since she was in on the scam. It sounds like Debra's talking and trying to take some of the heat off herself and put it on Irene. Otherwise Irene's association would have come out much sooner and she would have been named in the first complaint. I guess no one is talking about "Uncle Bill." Maybe DV will spill on him too. She seems to only care about herself. One of Melissa Lewis' relatives commented on a different blog that Debra told her at the funeral to call if she needed anything. The family member called 3 times and Debra couldn't be bothered to call her back. Shows what kind of family they are. Completely uneducated, untalented people stepping on everyone else. Better stop commenting, I may get a crazy email from Scott that he WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY ATTACKS ON DEBRA!!!

Does anyone have the exhibits to the Amended Complaint?

My opinion is that the IRS is playing backfield on this one.

They are lurking and waiting until the shit hits the fan with the perp walk, when everyone is demoralized and hurting; then the Service will sweep in quietly and make life hell for those involved over the next few decades...

They've already been taking inventory back when the Isla Bahia home, et. al. was raided. The Sentinel was kind enough to provide photos.

Second to prison, I wouldn't be surprised if the IRS was the biggest thorn in the "List's" side.

For those of you who lost $$$, this is how to claim your loss:

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=206013,00.html

I wonder if Levin will provide loss statements and operating expenses to the partners?...My guess is not that easily.

I continue to have a disturbing image. In my head I see Carl Hiaasen folded over in a corner of his bedroom closet, watching his career dissipate.

While rocking back and forth, he chants: "I can't make this stuff up. I can't make this stuff up. I can't make this stuff up."

Carl, get a grip. Life goes on. Lawton Chiles might come out of the 'glades with a Hefty garbage bad wrapped around his loins and save us all by way of a miracle of forensic accounting.

I am still interested in the Bekkedam connection. I would also like to know the name of the business in Philadelphia that George Levin made all of his money in.

But here is an interesting connection:

A Federal Reserve release dated July 25, 2009 says that George Levin filed a proposal to purchase 24.2% of the voting shares of Nova Financial Holdings, Inc.

Bekkedam until recently held the position of Chairman of the Board of Nova Financial Holdings, Inc. The current website for Nova, however lists Edward Di Marcantonio as the Chairman. Nova Financial operates Nova Bank, which operates in the greater Philadelphia area.

Bob - please keep the pressure ON. You're the "peoples" only hope here for some justice.

I see the SS reports that the Bankruptcy Judge has issued letters to all charities receiving $$ from Rothstein over the past 4 years to return it - because it was not his $ to give.

Hope he has issued the same letters to the BSO and FLPD cops paid for private security details. They were paid with the "same" illegal $$ as the charities were.

This claw back business is a little too vague. Why innocent victims should be punished again. I do believe that even though they received the money, because they were part of Rothstein’s MO, they are in fact true victims of his Ponzi. Special consideration should be given on a case by case basis to see if they have the ability to return the money, perhaps over an extended period of time.

@meb

what lingo is Haza?

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

For Tort- or Pulp- or
After reading about ALL the charities having to give back the money donated by SR and RRA and I think thier employees-by court order- and reading the other blogs about this- I wanted to ask the Pulp a point that was brought up on another blog--
all the things SR and his RRA employees that were at these "fundraising Affairs" according to another blog, bought many auction items - trips, jewlery, art work etc- The other blog suggests that those need to be returned by the employees who bought them-
True? I mean some of the trips probably have already been taken by the "winning biddres" no?
do those items purchased then get sold at the eventual auction of RRA and SR confiscated items?
Also mentioned on other articles, they need to give the $ back b-c it wasnt Scotts or RRA's to donate-- isnt that also true of the over inflated salaries and expense moneies and bonuses of RRA employees then?
Did the book keeper really make 250 k? Jeezz--wonder what the lawyers who had the "key pass" into SR's office must have been raking in!
Who had that key pass by the way- I think 2 were named in one of the civil suits?
What happens about the political donations that were made by RRA and Scott and his employees..dont they also have to be returned in full--where is that court ordered letter? it seems crazy to make charities give back before the politicians no?

Wanna make a bet?

The next person to be named in Scherer's lawsuit -- Ted Morse. To be involved in the Ponzi with his dirt bag buddy is one thing, and he'll pay dearly for that mistake.. But to sell out his own father for $57M. Wow!!!

Don't believe it???

Wanna make a bet????

p.s - I hear all the dealerships are quietly for sale.

Happy Thanksgiving Bloggies!!! Let us be thankful for this blog!

Hopefully the Feds in the near future will gobble up all the gibblets related to this Ponzi fiasco.

Scott Rothstein is a "Dead Man Walking"...

Wow, perhaps Doug Von A should have gone to school !!

Von Allmen School of Accountancy

The Douglas J. Von Allmen School of Accountancy exists to prepare accounting graduates for leadership roles in the accounting profession by offering high-quality, fully accredited academic programs, conduct research that advances the body of accounting knowledge and inevitably has implications for accounting practice, and provide service to local and state institutions, the accounting profession, the Gatton College of Business and Economics, and the University of Kentucky.

Through its continuous efforts to strengthen the personal and professional development of its students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other stakeholders, the Douglas J. Von Allmen School of Accountancy will fulfill its mission by

Preparing its undergraduate students for graduate education or productive careers by establishing the foundation for lifelong learning,
Preparing its master's level students for positions of leadership in the accounting profession,
Preparing its doctoral students for successful careers in accounting education and research,
Developing innovative and effective instructional methods that stimulate accounting learning,
Providing significant intellectual contributions in basic and applied accounting scholarships, (Faculty primarily teaching in the doctoral program should emphasize basic research while those primarily teaching in the undergraduate and master's programs should emphasize applied research.)
Providing significant service and leadership to the accounting profession, the college, the university, and to professional and academic organizations.
Organizing and seeking advice from a formal advisory group made up primarily of prominent alumni of all accounting programs.
The Von Allmen School of Accountancy emphasizes strong analytic and communication skills. Assessment of the Accounting curriculum occurs on a continuous basis to ensure that learning outcomes are being met. The Von Allmen School keeps the Accounting curriculum current as the profession changes. In 2008, the school began offering a course in "International Financial Reporting Standards" (IFRS) to take the lead in providing students with current reporting developments on a global scale.

Approximately 15 percent of the University's students are pursuing degrees in the Gatton College of Business and Economics. Fully accredited by the AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), the College offers Bachelor, Master, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The Gatton College is Kentucky's principal unit for research in all areas of business administration and economics.

The University received a substantial gift from alumnus Douglas J. Von Allmen and his wife, Linda. During the June 2000 Board of Trustees meeting, the Board approved renaming the School of Accountancy the Douglas J. Von Allmen School of Accountancy.

Pulpmeister:

Please put a call in to Toronto Dominion in Canada and ask to speak to the grown ups in charge.

These folks on the ground here are of no practical use.

Who did I forget?

Don't forget Tom and Katia Bates, Scott's overpaid interior decorators.

Happy thanksgiving all! Especially Pulp, Christy, Virgil, Paul, Torts, Goldilocks, Kevin, even you Goodfella

Let me not forget Charlie or our missing friend who tickles the ivories

Some are seeking position as co- counsel. Esq, dogs.

Thankfully, Bill Scherer was booted from the Hospital District by Jeb Bush when it became apparent Scherer was a corrupt thief. Jenne going down is exhibit 1 that when you lie with dogs you get fleas. All those Broward guys are corrupt and its just a matter of time before Scherer gets what is coming to him. They should investigate all the big contract deals he had his hands in at the hospital district. Word has it he traded big contracts for political contributions for candidates he supported so he could have influence.

Remember that Mercedes Ken Jenne was driving for free back when he was Sheriff? Yep, it was Sherer's.

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2007/09/jenne_can_blame_bag_man_bill.php

How about all the old dirty goings-on at the Broward Hospital District involving Scherer?

http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2004-03-04/news/all-the-governor-s-men/1

Bob's been all over these guys for years.

First, thank you Godfather3, for those very kind wishes, and the best to you all for a peaceful and joyous holiday.

I am still troubled by a post from last night that stated how the "guardians" of overseeing accounting, receivership and the like are, in effect, pocketing the spoils for themselves. Modern day piracy and we don't even have to travel to the coast of Somalia. Why, in heaven's name, have the courts NOT frozen every account? Why is there no forensic accounting firm involved? Have the courts established a pecking order of entitlement to claims, for prioritizing who gets what sometime in the future, once the "what" has been identified?

The idea of those brought in to bring order to chaos as the next round of circling buzzards is very disturbing, to say the least.

Justice?

Sherer's son gets a misdemeanor. Small example of what goes on here in Good Ol Boy Broward County. .

http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2009/05/27/bill-scherers-soninlaw-arrested-for-trafficking.aspx
Here's to the circling Buzzards! Tort Right on!

Ahnick Kahlid $16,000,000.00

Who is this guy.... 2M in overseas and 16M here?

BTW, Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Saw Boden, his wife, and a teenage girl at FLL yesterday boarding a flight to NJ. Did not look like any feds around. How can they let this guy travel. Who bought the plane tickets. wtf???????

Who Did I Forget? says:

Tom Wheeler

Let them travel and spend what may be their last Thanksgiving with their families. This is not a happy one for them. Sitting around the table, making small talk, everyone knowing what they've done...watching Aunt Gertie looking at you with daggers, whispering to your cousin Allan that she always knew you were a crook, that there were always missing leggo's whenever you were there.

To those unfamiliar with keyboard shortcuts, you can use the F5 key at the top of your keyboard to refresh the page if your mouse clicker wears out.

Re: listing the characters with a one line description: Might not be entirely do-able. Might have to have activity boxes (meaning: description of the various spheres of activity, i.e., law practice, structured settlements, cheetah, dole situation, morse decorator lawsuit situation) with significant characters cross-referenced to the situation. In many cases, a character has been involved in more than one situation, and his/her role took on a different function according to the situation. There may need to be descriptions of the substories, with characters coded, "one line descriptions" per their role with respect to each.

I am also interested in the Bova party. And by the way, in last week's Sunday Times Winter Travel Magazine section, there is a special advertising section on Florida. Within it, in the Ft. Lauderdale/beaches area, is a description of that new and up-and-coming culinary destination point: Bova on Las Olas.

Who did I forgot ?

Harvey and Gay Rothstein

They were both on the RRA payroll and made huge political and charitable contributions way beyond their means. Also were beneficiaries of cars, houses etc no doubt paid from the Ponzi Scheme

Amy Howard and Marybeth (did we ever find out her last name) ..members of the inner sanctum

Anyone see ANGELA CHINA?? AT BOVA...

have not seen her in a few weeks or that other knob sucker BRIDGET....gave some great head I was told by a few investors!!!

well well - this blog should be titled the pot calling the kettle black.... I have lived and worked in this community for 30 years - I dont practice law and have a high school education.
for ten years I was on the P&Z board and know the legal community well - Bill Scherer, Don McClosky, Don Hall, Dennis Mele, Robert Locherie Jr, Harry Stewart (pre city attorney days), Dick Coker, Courtney Crush, Joel Gustafson - these are people that practiced before me regularly and I have a great deal of respect for all of them.
You may not like Bill Scherer - sure lots of you are jealous of his success - but please dont impune his integrity unless you got something and the fact that his son in law was arrsted is pretty weak....
In general I despise the legal community in this town and I hope the Feds strike force puts things in perspective - I believe we are about to see the wrath of the American people strike right here & now. Say what you will about our president and this is post has no agenda political but I can feel the weather changing here...
The feds are going to turn this place upside down like Grant took Richmond - I am hoping you are about to witness the largest federal strike force in the history of this great Country and for along time to come going to the protoligist is going to look like a pleasant experience....
Be forwarned you flim flam men - all of you - be you judges, politicians, civil servants, law enforcement officers, officers of the Court - yes LAWYERS....
With luck there is truly a new sheriff in town.
Now I going out to buy popcorn.....
some of you other folks might consider packing while you still can...

F5...that tip has changed my life forever!!! This Thanksgiving I am thankful to you! ...Grin!

@Delco PA says:

I am still interested in the Bekkedam connection. I would also like to know the name of the business in Philadelphia that George Levin made all of his money in.

But here is an interesting connection:

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Seems like an obvious quid pro quo. bekkedam finds a big investor to take levin out of his problem in the ponzi, levin rewards bekkedam by taking him out of his shares in the bank.

Who did I forget ;

Follow the money

Ahnick Khalid
Steve Caputi

Who did I forget?

How about Charlie Crist's wife's ex-husband (name please) who owned the private jet SR took to Morocco?

We mustn't forget that potential story.

His name is Todd Rome...here is the article posted earlier on the blog

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/11/blue_star_jets_crist_rothstein.php

@ Ft. Frauderdale- if you like the F5 tip, you will also love ALT F4 (at same time) ;)
Let me know how you like it.

People- we need an over/under on the number of local indictments:

I say 20.

Lock in your vote now.

Who did I forget?

Certainly a few places need to be reserved for commenters on this blog that are potential key players or insiders, the "deep throats" of this case:

Piano Player
goodfella
others????

MOE was seen this morning at miami international boarding a plane to turkey....

I know most folks have been frustrated that there have not been any arrests so far....but think of it...think of the stress and tension and anxiety going in on these folks heads as they wait to find out what the Feds discover..think of Scott's wife wondering if she is going to be arrested as well...at first I thought Moe's disclosure to Pulp was just a low level schmuck trying to get his 15 minutes, but then I recognized that he thinks he's protecting himself with a good offense...that somehow because he "offered up" info, his culpability would be minimized....he's running scared...they all are....

googled kevink's bullshit. Were you in the inner scrotum too?

@ inner scrotum....lolol that's funny

Inner Scrotum, LLC.

rotflmao!

CEO - Charlie Crist

I too am interested in the Bekkedam connection and hope that it is being investigated.

Ms. Stay doesn't want to go to prison? I'd say the major factor that will determine whether she's slammer-bound or not are her own actions.

I think the Rothstein megafraud lands precisely as the public is furious at crooked shysters, scam artists,Ponzi schemers, bent politicians and those who facilitate their illegal predations on the rest of us.

I can think of no greater public service than locking this vermin up for a very, very long time in federal prison....unless a special labor colony can be opened for them somewhere on the desolate Alaskan tundra. Let them make license plates for the next 50 years.

You don't need a page of the list of stories he has broke. Just google whatever story or character name and it comes up on a list of rel articles.

That's how I pulled up the artile posted on this blog early Nov on Todd Rome. Charlie Crist's wife ex- husband. Owner of the Charter Jet company Ponzi putz used to fly to Morocco with.

BWS Investments has a new August 2009 registration on Sun Biz-- don't know if this is the same.

A Ft. Lauderdale man has a Concorde Capital registration.

Barbe[r] Frank is a Florida name with real estate interests

The Levy/Minkowitz names are associated with the watch company.

Onyx is the dba of Szfranski

Pirulin Group is an August 2009 Florida LLC

Dominic Ponatchio is unlocated

Ben Zion Varon is unlocate

It's the law to arrest a black kid with a Xanax in his pocket, yet a swine like Rothstein is hanging at Capital Grille after flying to Morocco with stolen $$$ that has been confirmed over and over ad nauseum.

Why should charities be exempt from any clawbacks? It's stolen money! I hope the Levinson's and all the other vendors who sold their crap for stolen money have to give it all back, too.

Those "in the know" believe Rothstein and Boden will be charged with planning the murder of Melissa Britt Lewis. Debra Villegas may have already cut a deal.

On Dec. 1 the County Commission is prepared to approve Edify as the General Benefit Consultants to the County.
Edify>Scott Rothstein>Howard Gruverman>Evan Jenne>Grant Smith.
Business as usual in sunny south Florida. Criminal charges pending? Who cares.

Add to Victims List:
Elvis Pressley
OJ
Anna Nicole Smith
Danilynne
Michael Jackson
Mrs Lewis
Mrs Wales
Manfred Hauptman
Herb O'fart
Original 13 Colonies

Happy Thanksgiving To All

I posted at 5:59am. 5+ hours later and not a single blogger has figured it out. Pam seems to be going through a process. Being booksmart is one thing. Being streetsmart is another.

Inquiry, it appears that Scotty is terrified of a few of the players. Ovi's daddy apparently has long fangs and Scotty needed to try and get as much $$$ into daddy Levy's, and similar people's, pockets in order to survive.

Inquiry,
Well say it. I'm not is S. Fla, so I don't have the word on the street. If you do, don't be coy, you just look like a poseur.

What do I see: the payoff list is mostly Ft. Lauderdale.

This indicates that
1) the Rothstein scam is parochial and local. All the bluster about big hidden machinations is *just* bluster.

2) the payoff is misdirection

3) what was the business plan? Surely, someone in the Ponzi knew the mathematics of pyramids are unsustainable.

Ponzi work from several premises: a) self-delusion and ignorance of math, b) money laundring (the cost is sustainable) c) an alternative investment (usually illegal) that will make whole.

Hypothesis 1: Rothstein was delusional and math challenged. Levin, et. al., understood the math and used Rothstein as a pigeon. They thought he would take the fall and leave them clean as "victims".

2. Rothstein was an extortionist-- he thought the Epstein (or similar) extortion would come in summer 2009 and get him clear. The lawyers delayed and he could spin out the game any longer.

3. Rothstein was on the hook to someone running coke, gambling, or other dollars and didn't care what it cost if he could make clean dollars.

Forgot:

Jan Jones - Jan Jones Intl., & Icon by Jan Jones - Morse's Decorator

Clawback seekers do not overlook the Sun Sentinel, where Kip Hunter spread Scott's dirty cash through the building for a long long time.

FEDS: Be sure to ask Michele Simon what her special secret was for keeping the Sentinel's society insert in business.

Anonymous says:

Grady is so last year......

Yeah thank god that he was so last year and not still part of BSO pushing a semi-automatic to some stripper chick's face while demanding to have his service weapon serviced. Fucking tool.

@ anonymous / via Torts 102 from 9:13 AM

1) This is where the (severe) action will be:

"the cross-claims and counter-claims and the attendant affirmative defenses and reply and avoidances (with specificity) are going to be eye poppers not to mention as you said the discovery." (via anonymous)- and;

2) "I wonder how many obeyances, stays and motions for protective orders are going to thrown in the mix when the federales start bearing down with both the civil and criminal cases." (via anonymous)- and;

3) "And who will be hearing these cases and what appellate panel from the 4th is going to be hearing the interlocutory appeals and direct appeals will really be interesting. (via anonymous)

4) Torts (me) I submit:

a. The $ volume of litigation here will be SO BIG, who is going to pay for it?

b) You will see many defendant attorneys motion to be relieved from this case due to non payment, or, substantial possibility of future non payment. (not to mention where is Def $ coming from)

c) You will see certain Defendants resort to Public Defender's office (so who are these people and how do they connect to corruption?0

d) Bail package for SR and others in the inner circle will be a major problem due to source of funds and who will sign (and will the feds let sign, as in using their homes as guarantees of SR's future appearances. (Feds will motion for immediate remand, no bail)

e) Many cases will be merged into one large matter.

f) There will bet at least 3-4 more amended complaints as new data is identified. However, counsel may be out of time for automatic amend and will have to seek leave of court; which will or may be opposed (not to worry, this is always given)

g) Cross-complaints, counter-claims, protective orders sought and court orders will be voluminous.

h) Who will administrate this case at the judicial level? I can suggest several ways.

i) Who will administrate any e-discovery and preserve the authenticity of the data?

j) Normal discovery will start soon: depositions, production of (other) documents, possibly interrogatories and RFAs to sew up ends), etc. There will be much argument over discovery, but there should not be since I do not believe there were thousands of documents, etc.

k) Def. counsel knows this is at a higher standard of proof because "fraud" hence preponderance is out the window, clear and convincing is in; and so Defendants will attempt to keep P counsel from reaching that standard of proof.

l) During the above process, and concurrent, more subpoenas will be issued as well as certain individuals arrested; hence discovery takes on a new tone.

m) People will/may flee or consider fleeing.

n) The new US fraud office needs this case as a showpiece for its newest fraud reduction initiative.

Now, connect the existing dots to:

- who will be on the bench for trial?
- who will comprise the JURY?
- who will be the pool for Voir Dire (jury selection)
- who will try and reach the jury
- who will be resident for appeal (Judge)
- who will hear emergency appeals (Judge)
- does SR or anyone else still have any Judicial pull as in "I have something on you..."
- more to come...

BWS Investments (who got a check) was part of the 4.2 MM lawsuit filed by Daniel Serber on Nov. 5th.

The RA for BWS is a Serber PA lawyer, she has a page of other registrations on Sun Biz have not plowed through those.

The news article of the BWS/Serber suit has this gem that should not be forgotten:

Rothstein’s partner, Stuart Rosenfeldt, who is now running the firm, stood up for Boden, whose name has come from investors twice.

“David is an honorable, ethical, decent man who would never knowingly break the law,” Rosenfeldt said in an interview.

Congratulations to Mr. Norman for your excellent reports!

I, for one, believe that Mr. Rothstein came back to the United States, because he realized he was in above his head. In a sense, with the $$ generated by Mr. Levin and his "network," he realized that it had become a case of the "tail wagging the dog." That is, when the $$ amount was manageable (2008 levels), Mr. Rothstein felt comfortable in this alleged scam. But, enter Mr. Levin, with his serious $$ (2009 levels: $75mm/month) and his serious colleagues....well, the game changed.

Please don't stop, Mr. Norman.
Hopefully, the Federal authorities will pursue the serious $$ and network.

The civil case is a sham. A fun beginner. Headlines are nice. But it is going nowhere. Very little money will be recovered and pennies on the dollar won't be that interesting to anyone. Scherer is doing two things. He is not getting paid, (a contingent fee contract without a win = zero) but he has his name out nationally. That is big for any wanna be bigshot. Second, he is placing his client, Von A, on the offensive. This is smart as he may be trying to keep his client(s) from being indicted right along SR, as an accomplice(s).

The real case, the criminal case, will decide everything. Perhaps some of the civil Plaintiff's will eventually become criminal defendants and they will quickly forget their alleged civil claims.

Next place to fall will be Euro Motorsports. Gene's only clients were SR and the Jewish Mafia. Beore Scotty hit the scene that place was selling Bimmers and Lexux from the Repo Auction. Now all of a sudden they have a showroom full of Rollers and Lambos. Have a look into where the floorplan finance came from.....Halp of the cars in the place were titled to SR and his LLCs , now they're in the safe hands of the US Marshall

Anon @ 11:25

Thanks for your response...that's why I love this blog!

I have experienced the injustice first hand. That's why I am so passionate about this fiasco before our eyes. I knew Rothstein was a scum bag...now I know.

This blog is beyond a blessing.

Local News are refer to him as Disgraced Broward Attorney Scott Rothstein...

Bob's book is writing itself. Just print the blogs by Bob and their associated comments in chronological order and the book is done! Not necessarily a crazy idea in this day and age.

OK, I admit I used a pseudo-screen name "who'd i forget" i want to make it right with everyone so back to my real SN.

Man, this job is bigger than I thought. Thanks for link to SWR wikipedia page! Just including all the politicians that got contributions from or SWR almost doubled the number of rows in my database!

And of course, we need to include John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, and even Ricky Williams! Who's the guy from Entourage?

PULP, i will send to you so you can link it properly. I need to work on the role descriptions a little bit. Credit to the blogger in Iowa for starting me on this project.

Also, the idea for multiple connections is a great one, but beyond my ability. Needs its own website with hyperlinks between.

Would be interesting to tie the people to the different entities, as well. Guess I need to start list.

RRA, Bova, Banyon, Champagne Room, LandShark Stadium, Moe's Cigars, Berenfeld CPAs, G5 Jet, BSO, oh man.

Cheese:

That wikipedia page is awesome and a wiki would be a great format for our needs except for the fact that we would constantly be battling the revisionist histories of the guilty parties and their cronies. What we really need is a page moderated by a dedicated and honest pulp fan, perhaps that old fart Herb Caen Entertainment Award.

When I look at the list of characters in this mess, I'm astounded that, after keeping up with this blog, I could sit down with someone unfamiliar with this case and give detailed descriptions from memory on each of the individuals and their roles in this. The average page-turner novel has 4, 5, 6, maybe 7 characters to keep up with. This riveting story has dozens yet somehow my pea brain has been able to keep up. It's just that interesting.

Whatever format this ends up in, photos and videos must be included.

Model, ya, my wife asks me what I am reading about and says, "gimme the 90 second version." How can anyone do that???

Just follow the $$$$$ keep following the LV Bags purchased by SR and his wife, camera shows them putting bags ang bags of $$$$$$$$$into RoBo Vault, just see what you cah find therel Cars money and jewels.

Follow the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Hot asian was or is a hostess. Thats Addler's squeeze.

she must play herself in the movie

Joe and Sheila Alu

So sorry, Kevin K, I could care less how hard you think Carl Karmin works. He is the biggest ARROGANT asshole I have ever met in my entire life. Assholes are usually associated with other assholes. Hmmmmmm....

So glad somebody finally brought his name up. Happy Thanksgiving.

Bill Scherer needs to get his facts straight in his Complaint. His "investigative team" doesn't seem very competent:
1. RRA was not co-counsel on the Eli Lilly case. That firm had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with it. They were not counsel of record for anyone in the case.
2. He must be speaking with/working with Jeffrey Epstein's attorneys if he believes any depositions sought in the case were "inappropriate." It's not his case, he was not involved with the investigation, so how would he know whether or not it was appropriate to depose certain individuals?
3. He fails to mention that the Chiquita mass tort cases were CONRAD SCHERER'S cases!!!
He doesn't have the facts straight on any of the legitimate cases, not even HIS OWN FIRM'S case that SR was using in his Ponzi scheme. Shouldn't he disclose that to his clients or mention it in the Complaint. Seems a little fishy to me...

Extraordinary???????????????????

Hey Nurik......you can try to paint RatScum as a decent dick till your Mickey Mouse Disney dicks are blue....give up the false sense of entitlement wanna be chosen one's audacious comments....

With each and every statement you make you sound like the prick everyone says you are...

It's beyond my human comprehension the gall you have and who in Gods Holy name instilled this type of incessant false confidence in you and those similar in nature to you that roam the streets of S Fraud Swine Fla.

"He did something that, when you think about it, is kind of extraordinary. He goes away to a country that has no extradition treaty with the U.S., reportedly, allegedly has a lot of money at his disposal, and chooses to come back and deal with this … I think because beneath it all, and not withstanding all the things that have been said about him, I believe that he is truly a decent human being, not withstanding flaws. I really do believe he did it out of, a true decent emotion to try to deal with this

WHERE THE F--K IS RUSSELL ADLER?

Don't forget Arnold. SR gave him a Renato watch at his house.

It was said (over and over) that had McCain won RRA was slated to be the official law firm.

RRA was also Lamberti's attorney.

And Charlie's.

Don't know 100% if it's true but...that's what SR used to tell everyone.

Amazing as always :)