Lawyers and money laundering – some case studies

Tweet Case Studies on Lawyers & Money Laundering Scott Rothstein The 50-year prison sentence imposed on Scott Rothstein in July of this year for running a US$1.2 billion Ponzi scheme from his Florida law firm, money laundering and stealing client trust funds, is the latest in a series of high-profile money laundering cases involving lawyers […]

Brooklyn lawyer sentenced to 15 years for money laundering

Tweet Steven Rondos, a Brooklyn lawyer who admitted stealing US$4 million from the trust accounts of 23 disabled or incapacitated clients, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today in New York. Rondos was the court-appointed legal guardian in charge of supervising the guardianship accounts of clients who were incapacitated. He used some of the […]