When asked where he got the hundred-dollar bills he kept stacked in the credenza behind his office desk, Rothstein answered, “Banks, organized crime, clients, law enforcement.”

Until he appeared in a Miami federal courtroom on Dec. 12, Rothstein’s whereabouts had been unknown for months. He was placed in a witness-protection program within the federal prison system after it was revealed that he worked as a informant in a sting of an alleged Sicilian Mafioso.

Rothstein testified last week that he “got a lot of money from organized crime.”

A federal prosecutor sitting in on the deposition halted Rothstein from answering specific questions about his illegal actions outside the confines of the Ponzi scheme.

Almost four pages of the transcripts released Tuesday were also redacted to eliminate the names of individuals Rothstein said he supplied with prostitutes.

That testimony was blacked out after an attorney filed a sealed motion objecting to its public release. There will be a court hearing to determine whether that part of Rothstein’s deposition should remain hidden.

Rothstein’s only drug use — outside vodka — was smoking marijuana on the weekends with his wife, Kim, he said.

While Rothstein condoned recreational, weekend marijuana use, he said he had to worry about RRA employees using marijuana in the office and parking garage: He was afraid it would draw law-enforcement attention.

He said some law partners couldn’t come to work without first smoking pot. Some employees were reportedly selling it as well.

“You don’t want to have marijuana dealing from the middle of your law office because I was running a giant Ponzi scheme out of there,” Rothstein said.

More transcripts are scheduled for release Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.