March 06, 2013
The battle between investors in Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme and TD Bank NA continued Wednesday as the investors urged a Florida bankruptcy judge to send their suit against the bank — accused of aiding the $1.2 billion scheme — back to state court.
February 19, 2013
The head of the largest feeder fund for Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme on Tuesday called TD Bank NA's removal of his state court action to bankruptcy court an attempt to flee a judge already disposed to allowing punitive damages against the bank for its role in the $1.2 billion scheme.
February 06, 2013
The trustee overseeing the liquidation of Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein's firm on Tuesday filed a Chapter 11 exit plan that includes a contentious $72 million settlement with TD Bank NA that extinguishes the rights of investors to sue the bank for its role in the $1.2 billion scheme.
November 02, 2012
A charity run by football great Dan Marino does not have to return to creditors donations it received from Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein and his law firm, a bankruptcy judge ruled Wednesday.
July 12, 2012
A group of hedge fund managers on Thursday agreed to pay $32 million to settle their part in two adversary proceedings brought by Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler PA's Chapter 11 trustee seeking to recover millions in allegedly fraudulent transfers that the funds received from RRA.
April 18, 2012
Lexington Insurance Co. asked a Florida bankruptcy judge Tuesday to amend his order that it pay $10 million to settle claims against convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein's accountants, saying ambiguities could leave it vulnerable to double-payment in resolving claims related to Rothstein's $1.2 billion scheme.
April 16, 2012
A charitable foundation run by former NFL quarterback Dan Marino has illegally profited from Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Florida by the bankruptcy trustee for Rothstein's law firm.
April 10, 2012
A Florida federal judge on Monday ordered the liability insurer for the accounting firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler PA — convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein's law firm — to pay RRA's trustee $10 million it had agreed to pay to settle claims that the accounting firm enabled the $1.2 billion scheme.
March 14, 2012
A Florida federal judge abruptly reversed course Wednesday and allowed Miami businessman Ira Sochet to increase his claim against jailed Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein by $25 million, the amount Sochet previously paid to settle a clawback suit by Rothstein's bankruptcy trustee.
March 12, 2012
The Chapter 11 trustee for convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein's Florida law firm on Friday asked the liability insurer for the accounting firm that allegedly enabled Rothstein's $1.2 billion scheme to pay the $10 million it had agreed to in their settlement.