Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Shocking news

Scott Rothstein to plead guilty. Here's Curt Anderson from the AP:
Disbarred South Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein is negotiating a guilty plea with federal prosecutors on charges of orchestrating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme using faked legal settlements, his attorney said Tuesday.
"I can tell you that there will be a change of plea to guilty," said Rothstein attorney Marc Nurik. "We don't have any finalization on the details at this point."
Nurik said he will ask a federal judge Wednesday to set a date for the change of plea hearing. Rothstein, 47, pleaded not guilty in December to a five-count indictment accusing him of racketeering, conspiracy and fraud in a scheme that ran from 2005 to 2009.

7 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:37 AM

    Why is that shocking?

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  2. Anonymous11:16 AM

    "shocking news" really? who is shocked? not me said the flea.

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  3. Anonymous1:34 PM

    40 years

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  4. Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
    Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
    [a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
    Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
    Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.
    [aloud]
    Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!

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  5. Anonymous3:27 PM

    Even More Shocking News:

    The Hawk finally gets elected to the Hall of Fame.

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  6. Anonymous5:54 PM

    Congrats to the Hawk. Well deserved.

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