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Sources: Lawyer Scott Rothstein cooperating with feds

Scott Rothstein, the flashy Fort Lauderdale lawyer who investors say fleeced them out of hundreds of millions of dollars and whose partners say wiped out his law firm's finances, is cooperating with federal investigators and identifying others who may be involved in his alleged scam, sources familiar with the probe said Wednesday.

Rothstein and his defense attorney, Marc Nurik -- seeking to cooperate with the feds -- disclosed details of his alleged Ponzi scheme to prosecutors, FBI agents and IRS agents at the U.S. attorney's office in Fort Lauderdale, the sources said.

Investigators are not only looking into allegations that Rothstein bilked investors by selling them ``fabricated'' civil settlements, but also into accusations that he stole from his law firm's financial operations and from clients' trust accounts, the sources said.

Embattled lawyer Scott Rothstein: `I'm doing good'

Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, who returned from a trip to Morocco last week to face a federal fraud investigation, said he was in good spirits Sunday.

``I am sitting here smoking cigars with Marc,'' Rothstein said in a brief interview Sunday afternoon with The Miami Herald, referring to his attorney Marc Nurik. ``Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I'm doing pretty good.''

Rothstein, 47, has been accused by investors in an alleged Ponzi scheme of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars and by his law partners of crippling their firm, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler.

Bank ordered to turn over documents for Rothstein case in Broward County

A bank central to the federal fraud investigation into Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein was ordered by a Broward judge Friday to turn over records to the receiver for Rothstein's embattled law firm.

Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld gave Toronto Dominion Bank until noon Monday to produce bank records for Rothstein and his firm, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler.

The bank had been stonewalling, according to Herbert Stettin, the receiver Streitfeld appointed earlier this week to untangle the financial mess allegedly created by Rothstein. Investors and law partners say that Rothstein, 47, cleaned them out of hundreds of millions of dollars through a fraudulent investment business he ran out of the firm.

Judge to bank: Turn over lawyer Rothstein's records

A bank central to the federal fraud investigation into Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein was ordered by a Broward judge Friday to turn over records to the receiver for Rothstein's embattled law firm.

Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld gave Toronto Dominion Bank until noon Monday to produce bank records for Rothstein and his firm, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler.

The bank had been stonewalling, according to Herbert Stettin, the receiver Streitfeld appointed earlier this week to untangle the financial mess allegedly created by Rothstein. Investors and law partners say that Rothstein, 47, cleaned them out of hundreds of millions of dollars through a fraudulent investment business he ran out of the firm.

Ponzi scheme kept up to end

As his $1 billion investment racket was unraveling, Scott Rothstein kept up a facade of lies as he exchanged a flurry of frantic e-mails with a major investor.

He fired off the e-mails from Morocco, where he had fled on a private jet and wired $16 million to fund his escape.

Back home, his investors were panicking, demanding Rothstein dole out tens of millions of dollars in outstanding payments -- money they would never collect from South Florida's biggest Ponzi schemer in history.