John Pacenti

October 14, 2013 | Daily Business Review

A French bank has filed a counterclaim accusing Regions Financial of helping imprisoned tax scofflaws Mauricio Cohen Assor and his son Leon Cohen Levy commit their fraud.

By John Pacenti

5 minute read

October 07, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Disbarred Boca Raton attorney Scott Saidel gets three years in prison for helping Kim Rothstein hide jewels purchased with profits from attorney-husband Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.

By John Pacenti

4 minute read

September 23, 2013 | Law.com

TD Bank agrees to pay $52.5 million to settle charges filed by federal regulators for handling money in ex-law firm chairman Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.

By John Pacenti

5 minute read

September 18, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Justin Bieber's attorney says the pop star is willing to sit for a sworn deposition in a Miami battery lawsuit brought by a paparazzo who claims he was assaulted by a bodyguard.

By John Pacenti

2 minute read

September 16, 2013 | Daily Business Review

The first trial in the alleged $830 million Mutual Benefits scandal begins with the defense claiming Fort Lauderdale attorney Anthony Livoti Jr. was a patsy.

By John Pacenti

4 minute read

September 11, 2013 | Daily Business Review

The 3rd DCA ordered sanctions against Keith T. Grumer and Jason N. Goldman for filing a frivolous action tied to a stipulated $584 million judgment for Miami-based home-builder Lennar Corp. in its fraud lawsuit against convicted swindler Barry Minkow.

By John Pacenti

4 minute read

September 10, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Former Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler lawyer Christina Kitterman is fighting a federal charge she helped law firm chairman Scott Rothstein in his $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.

By John Pacenti

1 minute read

September 09, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Joel Steinger, 63, told the federal judge he was in extreme pain at a pretrial hearing with jury selection pending.

By John Pacenti

2 minute read

September 04, 2013 | Daily Business Review

A state judge has ruled the sale of Miami Beach land held by father-and-son tax cheats should go to a French bank and not restitution in their federal criminal case.

By John Pacenti

3 minute read

September 03, 2013 | Law.com

Attorneys Christina M. Kitterman of Deerfield Beach and Douglas L. Bates of Plantation have been charged with aiding disbarred law firm chairman Scott Rothstein in his $1.2 billion Ponzi scam.

By John Pacenti

2 minute read