Florida lawyer pleads guilty to running US$1.2 billion Ponzi scheme

Tweet Scott Rothstein, a Florida lawyer who co-founded the now-defunct firm, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, pleaded guilty to running a US$1.2 billion Ponzi scheme and five counts of RICO conspiracy, fraud and money laundering in the biggest investment fraud case in South Florida history. Rothstein, 47, is expected to receive a 30 to 50 year sentence […]