Epstein Secrets

't remember who asked 24 me that, one of those gentlemen. 25 We talked about transparency. And this was - to Many of them asked questions of Ms. Villegas because she was represented to have been with me for over two decades and my COO and worked her way up from secretary, and they inquired about my

1 Q Okay. From TD Bank. 2 Is this e-mail purporting to send what purports 3 to be a $64 million balance in an account at Rosenstein 4 (sic,) Rosenfeldt, Adler escrow account? 5 A Can you ask the question again, please? I'm 6 sorry. 7 (The pending question was read back by the 8 court reporte

25 the standard questions. I answered them. The rest you United Reporting, Inc. (954) 525- 2221 EFTA00314954 Page 2261 1 could meet with Mr. Rosenfeldt as did other investors, 2 and my recollection is he was referring to Mr. Scherer's 3 clients. I don't know if that ever - if I actually let 4 M

ow long my employees had been with 10 me and whether I trusted them, specifically my CFO, Irene 11 Stay. 12 Many of them asked questions of Ms. Villegas 13 because she was represented to have been with me for over 14 two decades and my COO and worked her way up from 15 secretary, and they inquir

1 Q Okay. From TD Bank. 2 Is this e-mail purporting to send what purports 3 to be a $64 million balance in an account at Rosenstein 4 (sic,) Rosenfeldt, Adler escrow account? 5 A Can you ask the question again, please? I'm 6 sorry. 7 (The pending question was read back by the 8 court reporte

questions. I answered them. The rest you United Reporting, Inc. (954) 525- 2221 EFTA_R1_00015713 EFTA01735053 Page 2261 1 could meet with Mr. Rosenfeldt as did other investors, 2 and my recollection is he was referring to Mr. Scherer's 3 clients. I don't know if that ever - if I actually let 4 M

dulent conduct alleged herein while willfully ignoring and/or failing to exercise reasonable care. 52. Defendant, DEBRA E. VILLEGAS (hereinafter, "Villegas"), is an individual residing in Broward County, Florida and, at all times relevant hereto, was the chief operating officer at RRA. Villegas, Rothst

ship which, at all times relevant hereto, served as the auditing firm for BIF and Banyon 1030-32 and as the accounting firm for RRA, Rothstein, and Rosenfeldt individually. As described, Berenfeld was uniquely positioned as Banyon auditor and RRA accountant to discover the fraudulent scheme and, despite co

he produce current account statements. Eventually, Stay relented and began inconsolably crying, repeating the phrase, "I don't want to go to jail." Rosenfeldt proceeded to telephone Spinosa, who initially declined to provide account balance verification. After much cajoling, Spinosa finally informed Rosen

a 249 page Amended Complaint naming additional Defendants was filed. 21. In addition, and upon information and belief, ROTHSTEIN, David an, ebbie Villegas, Andrew Barnett, Michael Fisten and Kenneth Jenne (all employees of RRA) through brokers or middlemen would stage regular meetings during which fals

ds and to address the ongoing affairs of the firm in an appropriate manner through the transfer of all corporate powers to Stuart A. Rosenfeldt. Mr. Rosenfeldt, as the firm's President and only other equity holder in the firm besides Mr. Rothstein, is uniquely positioned to wind down the affairs of the fir

ividually. Accordingly, EPSTEIN states: SUMMARY OF ACTION Attorney Scott Rothstein aided by other lawyers and employees at the firm of Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, and Adler, P.A. for personal greed and enrichment, in betrayal of the ethical, legal and fiduciary duties to their own clients and professional obl

tims' 165:14 video 55:6 166:16 videographer 2:21 4:1.12 55:2,5 131:2,5 146:9,12 169:5 videotaped 1:13 3:3 4:4 6:12 view 105:1 145:11 158:10 Villegas 138:13 violation 165:3 violently 92:21 visually 70:5 voice 84:6 voluntarily 106:13 106:19 168:20 volunteering 51:14 voting 14:20,25 vs 1:7

noon or evening, and I went to that. 10 So there were probably about seven or IL eight or nine of u➢ there. Somebody -- maybe Stuart 12 13 IS Rosenfeldt -- had already hired Kendall Coffey, who was -- Kendall la a Miami attorney. Kendall and I practiced together at Greenberg Traurig in the '70a. Ke

r."; xiv. Preve received over $440,000.00 in payments from the Principal Conspirators; C. Villegas 310. Plaintiffs have discovered relative to Villegas that: a. on July 27, 2009, Rothstein transferred a property with an assessed value of $407,750.00 to Villegas for "love and affection" and $100.00

g independently verified; b. Berenfeld's complicity in the Ponzi scheme is further compounded by its role as accountants for RRA and Rothstein and Rosenfeldt individually, providing it with first-hand knowledge of the patent inconsistencies between Banyon's purported verified audited receivables and RRA'