A disbarred Florida lawyer surrendered to the FBI on Dec. 1 to face charges he ran a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of more than $1 billion, federal prosecutors said.
Former lawyer charged in $1 billion Florida Ponzi scheme
Dec 1, 2009 at 17:52 | Reuters
MIAMI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A disbarred Florida lawyer surrendered to the FBI onDec. 1to face charges he ran a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of more than $1 billion, federal prosecutors said.
Scott Rothstein, who fled to Morocco in late October but return to Florida in early November, was scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate in Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 1, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office said.
