The following article looks to me like Bob Norman might be getting to the heart of this matter and might have uncovered what Scott Rothstein is really afraid of:
http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/11/scott_rothstein_money_renato.php#more
You may also just want to catch up on more of the "under-belly" of this Rothstein saga:
New Times "The Daily Pulp": http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/
New Times: http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/
Broward Beat: http://www.browardbeat.com/
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This is a COMMENT in the "New Times" today:
ReplyDeleteJust thinking. says:
So SR deposited and removed as much as $230 million + from trust accounts as late as October of this year, according to these blogs.
If he was stealing that money for himself, as well as the rest of the money over the last few years, he would have really disappeared. Why? Because he knew he would get life in prison and never enjoy the fruits of that labor.
What makes more sense is SR was caught or set up by the mob participating in a crime, like the murder of a lawyer, or some small time corruption.
Then the mob extorted SR and forced him to steal from clients and give them most of the proceeds.
The reason the Feds are taking a long time to arrest him, is that he is exposing a very complicated scheme of fraud that he was forced to perpetrate on investors, so that his own crimes would not be exposed.
Once SR has exposed the mob, politicians, and everybody else he can to "pay back" the feds for future services renedered, he and his family will disappear into witness protection. (that is assuming that his story and the resulting arrests are enough to satisfy the feds.)
This story is going to get much more interesting once it is revealed that SR was caught in a catch 22.
He came back from Morrocco because the feds told him if what he said happened really did, they would protect him and give him a new life.
The feds of course are in the process of either being convinced or not about the whole thing, and will not make the choice to either arrest or hide SR until they decide if it is worth it.
This also explains the erratic behavior and spending patterns of Rothstein. He knew he would eventually be exposed, and the only chance he had to enjoy the money was to spend it. If the mob tried to stop him, he would just stop stealing and they would be screwed.
First they were able to control him, but after he passed money to them, he had a certain amount of control over them.
If all this is correct, the movie rights alone might bail someone out of a deep whole!
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 20 2009 @ 10:16AM