edited by: Kay Day,
Florida Editor
Gov. Charlie Crist will speak to the Broward GOP Monday night at the Sheraton Suites Cypress Creek in Fort Lauderdale. He will speak at some point between 7 and 8 p.m. but get there early -- it will be crowded. Social hour starts at 6.
Crist is trying to secure the [...]
When the FBI and IRS raided lawyer Scott Rothstein's Fort Lauderdale firm earlier this month, they carted away documents related to civil lawsuits involving billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler represented a few plaintiffs that alleged sexual abuse by Epstein. Rothstein tried to use the cases to lure investors.
"Mr Rothstein told investors he had" [...]
Fort Lauderdale attorney Alvin Entin is asking statewide prosecutor William Shephard to look into allegations by Republican political operative Roger Stone that CFO and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink promised disgraced fundraiser Scott Rothstein a say in future appointments -- in exchange for his money-gathering help.
Earlier this week Sink's campaign announced' [...]
Fort Lauderdale attorney Alvin Entin is asking statewide prosecutor William Shephard to look into allegations by conservative political consultant Roger Stone that CFO and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink promised disgraced fundraiser Scott Rothstein a say in future appointments in exchange for his money-gathering help.
Sink's campaign announced this week that [...]
Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, who returned from a trip to Morocco last week to face a federal fraud investigation, said he was in good spirits Sunday.
"I am sitting here smoking cigars with Marc,'' Rothstein said in a brief interview Sunday afternoon with the Miami Herald, referring to his [...]
Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, who returned from a trip to Morocco last week to face a federal fraud investigation, said he was in good spirits Sunday.
``I am sitting here smoking cigars with Marc,'' Rothstein said in a brief interview Sunday afternoon with The Miami Herald, referring to his [...]
If there was one thing Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein craved, it was attention. And how better to get it than to whip out his checkbook?
Like at Gov. Charlie Crist's 52nd birthday party/GOP fundraiser last year, when, instead of buying a $1,000 candle, Rothstein bought an entire chocolate cake covered [...]
If there was one thing Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein craved, it was attention. And how better to get it than to whip out his checkbook?
Like at Gov. Charlie Crist's 52nd birthday party/GOP fundraiser last year, when, instead of buying a $1,000 candle, Rothstein bought [...]
U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, the Republican candidate for agriculture commissioner, said today that he will return the $4,000 his campaign has received from people associated with Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein.
"Out of an abundance of caution, the Putnam campaign will return several campaign contributions which appear to be from entities connected" [...]
Just one day before Fort Lauderdale lawyer and alleged Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein fled for Morocco as the feds were closing in, he was spotted at a Miami Beach fundraiser headlined by President Barack Obama.
Tickets to the Oct. 26 event at Fountainebleau Miami Beach [...]
Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein's office was a secured inner sanctum, complete with video cameras, second entrance and hidden private elevator.
It also was a shrine to himself, plastered with photos showing Rothstein embracing powerful politicians, framed thank-you letters from charities and candidates he lavished with generous donations, grown-up toys like [...]
Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein's office was a secured inner sanctum, complete with video cameras, secured entrance and hidden private elevator.
It also was a shrine to himself, plastered with photos showing Rothstein embracing powerful politicians, framed thank-you letters from charities and candidates he lavished with generous donations, grownup toys like [...]
Former President Bill Clinton has headlined four fundraisers for U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek and is slated to attend a fifth reception in December. Now it's former Vice President Al Gore's turn. He's planning to come to the Westin Cypress Creek hotel in Fort Lauderdale on Nov. 14.
Tickets starts at $500.
[...]A flashy Fort Lauderdale lawyer who investors say fleeced them for hundreds of millions of dollars flew back from Morocco on Tuesday to face federal prosecutors considering criminal charges, the Miami Herald reported.
While Scott Rothstein and his defense attorney, Marc Nurik, held the discussions, a Broward County judge appointed an [...]
Prominent Broward attorney Scott Rothstein, who is under federal investigation for alleged financial fraud, returned to town and is meeting with prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney's office in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Rothstein and his lawyers are reviewing with prosecutors the FBI's investigation into an alleged Ponzi scheme that some investors have [...]
Attorney General Bill McCollum on Tuesday called on anyone who received money from Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein to return it. That would include his party and its chairman, Jim Greer. McCollum, a Republican candidate for governor, said Rothstein faced "very serious" allegations of securities fraud and that his office is [...]
