The former Florida lawyer convicted of running a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme claims both his partners at a now-defunct Fort Lauderdale law firm knew about and profited from the illegal activity, according to transcripts of testimony released Wednesday.
The disbarred attorney, Scott Rothstein, said in a sworn deposition that ex-partners Russell Adler and Stuart Rosenfeldt knew about and benefited financially from the Ponzi scam that collapsed in fall 2009. The scam involved investments in fake legal settlements.
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