As the federal investigation widens into Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein’s financial dealings, investigators are scrutinizing his property transactions, including the transfer of a Weston home for $100 to Debra Villegas, chief operating officer in Rothstein’s firm, according to a source familiar with the probe.
Four months before Rothstein’s lavish world imploded amid allegations of financial wrongdoing, a limited liability company linked to him transferred a home at 380 Carrington Drive to Villegas, who formerly served as chief financial officer of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler in Fort Lauderdale. Rothstein, as manager of the limited liability company WAWW4, paid $475,000 in April 2008 for the 2,612-square-foot home. RRA and the LLC shared the same address.
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