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Razorback Funding, LLC, et at, v. Scott W. Rothstein, et at Complex Litigation Division - Case No.: 09-062943 (19) Third Amended Complaint By ignoring evidence of the Principal Conspirators' miscondu

Plaintiffs have discovered, relative to Levin, Preve, and Banyon, that: a. an $8,000,000.00 wire transfer confirmation used by Levin, Preve, and Rothstein to induce Razorback's $32,000,000.00 payment was never received by RRA or TD Bank. In fact, the fictitious $8,000,000.00 wire is powerful evidence

and has not been returned. Specific examples of Gibraltar Bank's overt acts, assistance and/or omissions in furtherance of the conspiracy include: a. Rothstein learned early in his scheme that he could not convince wealthy investors to give him money unless he established relationships with financial insti

cipation; m. in late November, TD Bank fired Spinosa; B. Levin, Preve and Banyon 309. Plaintiffs have discovered, relative to Levin, Preve, and Banyon, that: a. an $8,000,000.00 wire transfer confirmation used by Levin, Preve, and Rothstein to induce Razorback's $32,000,000.00 payment was never

exceed two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000.00). 38 Leitstein even joked with other Berenfeld employees who toyed with the idea of telling "the Banyon investors we can do better than the 20% return they are getting, lol." Page 146 of 2210 CONRAD & SCHERER, LLP, 633 SOUTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, FORT LAU

collapse of the now-defunct 70-lawyer South Florida firm, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, P.A. ("RRA"). RRA collapsed after a federal grand jury charged Scott W. Rothstein, the firm's named partner, with using the firm to run a scheme to defraud investors. Rothstein is now serving a 50-year sentence in federal prison.

collapsed after a federal grand jury charged Scott W. Rothstein, the firm's named partner, with using the firm to run a scheme to defraud investors. Rothstein is now serving a 50-year sentence in federal prison. Platinum and Level 3 (together, the "Funds") arc victims of Rothstein's scheme, though they d

invest with Rothstein directly. They were lenders to certain Nevada finance companies called Banyon Investments and Banyon Resources ("Banyon"), and Banyon was unable to repay the loans when Rothstein's scheme collapsed. Both the U.S. District Court in Miami and the U.S. Attorney in Miami have recogniz

nonetheless ensnared in certain civil litigation surrounding RRA. The Funds commenced involuntary bankruptcies against guarantors of their loans to Banyon. In re Gayla Sue Levin, Case No. 10-27946-BKC-JKO (Bankr. S.D. Fla.) and In re George Levin, Case No. 10-33696-BKC-RBR (Bankr. S.D. Fla.) (the "Levi

UIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: 09-062943 07 RAZORBACK FUNDING, LLC, et al, Plaintiffs, vs. SCOTT W. ROTHSTEIN, et al, Defendants. DAY 8 - AFTERNOON SESSION DEPOSITION OF SCOTT W. ROTHSTEIN DATE TAKEN: TIME: PLACE: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 1:00 p.m

k was taken.) 11 (Whereupon, The Funds' Exhibit No. 261 was 12 marked for identification.) 13 BY MR. LAUER: 14 Q Okay. I am handing you, Mr. Rothstein, 15 Exhibit 261, which is a photostatic copy of Confidential 16 Settlement Agreement and Release. It bears production 17 PRODA 21183 through 21

7 Bekkedam had brought Von Allmen into? 8 A I don't recall. 9 Q That basically Razorback was lending -- that 10 A.J.'s group lent money to a Banyon entity for a fixed 11 rate of interest plus a small percentage of the equity 12 piece. 13 A Now I understand what you're asking me. My 14 un

eral 12 hours with Mr. Szafranski, took him through the whole 13 thing. 14 Q They met him through you? 15 A Yes, through me and through the Banyon group, 16 sure. 17 Q Clifford Chance, that was the law firm that 18 Discala brought down prior to Morgan Lewis. Do you 19 remember that? 20

UIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: 09-062943 07 RAZORBACK FUNDING, LLC, et al, Plaintiffs, vs. SCOTT W. ROTHSTEIN, et al, Defendants. DAY 8 - AFTERNOON SESSION DEPOSITION OF SCOTT W. ROTHSTEIN DATE TAKEN: TIME: PLACE: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 1:00 p.m

k was taken.) 11 (Whereupon, The Funds' Exhibit No. 261 was 12 marked for identification.) 13 BY MR. LAUER: 14 Q Okay. I am handing you, Mr. Rothstein, 15 Exhibit 261, which is a photostatic copy of Confidential 16 Settlement Agreement and Release. It bears production 17 PRODA 21183 through 21

7 Bekkedam had brought Von Allmen into? 8 A I don't recall. 9 Q That basically Razorback was lending -- that 10 A.J.'s group lent money to a Banyon entity for a fixed 11 rate of interest plus a small percentage of the equity 12 piece. 13 A Now I understand what you're asking me. My 14 un

eral 12 hours with Mr. Szafranski, took him through the whole 13 thing. 14 Q They met him through you? 15 A Yes, through me and through the Banyon group, 16 sure. 17 Q Clifford Chance, that was the law firm that 18 Discala brought down prior to Morgan Lewis. Do you 19 remember that? 20

, STEVEN ZARETSKY as Trustee of the JANE ZARETSKY DYNASTY TRUST, LAWRENCE E. DEKELBAUM, AND SHALOM STRICTLY KOSHER MEATS, INC., Plaintiffs, v. SCOTT W. ROTHSTEIN, DAVID BODEN, DEBRA VILLEGAS, ANDREW BARNETT, IRENE STAY, TD BANK, N.A., FRANK A. SPINOSA, JENNIFER KERS 1 El 1 ER, ROSANNE CARETSKY, BANYON I

943 (19) Third Amended Complaint II. Overview 2. This action arises out of a fraudulent scheme orchestrated by Scott W. Rothstein (hereinafter, "Rothstein"), who admittedly bilked investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars in what has come to be known as the largest financial fraud in Florida his

rs' inner-circle of facilitators (TD Bank, Spinosa, Kerstetter, Caretsky, Gibraltar Bank, Berenfeld, Weintraub, Berkowitz, Leitstein, Levin, Preve, Banyon entities, Szafranski, Onyx, Villegas, Boden, Barnett, Stay, Platinum, and Centurion) and promoters (TD Bank, Spinosa, Kerstetter, Caretsky, Gibralta

ties are hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Banyon Investors." 114. Logistically, the Banyon Investors were Limited Partners in BIF while Banyon 1030-32, served as the General Partner and Levin as the Managing Partner. 115. Notably, at no time during his courtship of Mr. Von Allmen, did Bek

To: • • .com[[email protected]] From: Sent: Tue 7/27/2010 3:28:13 PM Subject: FYI- RR&A, Levin and Banyan Fund manager who fed Rothstein fraud to sell assets in settlement By Peter Franceschina Sun Sentinel Updated: 10:03 a.m. Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Posted: 8:33 a.m. Tuesday, July

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Posted: 8:33 a.m. Tuesday, July 27, 2010 The Fort Lauderdale hedge fund manager who was the largest feeder to Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein has agreed to give up much of his wealth as part of a settlement with bankruptcy attomeys. The settlement agreement by George Levin and his Banyon

thstein has agreed to give up much of his wealth as part of a settlement with bankruptcy attomeys. The settlement agreement by George Levin and his Banyon investment entities — which funneled $830 million into Rothstein's $1.4 billion investment fraud — was filed late Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

ving the minute she gets her money. Deal is as follows: Fund 18m Roi 12m 6 months Let me know. Ciao ciao, Money never sleeps motherfucker :-) Scott W. Rothstein EFTA_R1_01505585 EFTA02434097 Get that? Rothstein was offering a $12 million return in six months on an $18 million investment. The reason: The

e 147-page lawsuit. <http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/scherersuit.pdf> <http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/rothstein18.jpg> Sun-Sentinel Rothstein's High School Yearbook Photo There's some good information on Rothstein's methods, including his playing on billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's sex scanda

unning a hedge fund called Clockwork Capital. Clockwork purportedly dumped $30 million into Rothstein's scheme. Here's the email, which was cc'd to Banyon's Frank Preve. Hey AJ ... if you want to do something nice for one of your big funders (and for you and frank [Prevej and dean [Kretschmar] and dou

ving the minute she gets her money. Deal is as follows: Fund 18m Roi 12m 6 months Let me know. Ciao ciao, Money never sleeps motherfucker :-) Scott W. Rothstein EFTA_R1_01506539 EFTA02434748 Get that? Rothstein was offering a $12 million return in six months on an $18 million investment. The reason: The

e 147-page lawsuit. <http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/scherersuit.pdf> <http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/rothstein18.ipg> Sun-Sentinel Rothstein's High School Yearbook Photo There's some good information on Rothstein's methods, including his playing on billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's sex scanda

unning a hedge fund called Clockwork Capital. Clockwork purportedly dumped $30 million into Rothstein's scheme. Here's the email, which was cc'd to Banyon's Frank Preve. Hey AJ ... if you want to do something nice for one of your big funders (and for you and frank [Prevej and dean [Kretschmar] and dou

my Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth 10 Amendment right under the U.S. Constitution, 11 therefore I'm going to do that. 12 Q Are you saying because Rothstein, 13 Rosenfeld, Adler was determined to be a criminal 14 enterprise or somebody was running a criminal 15 enterprise out of that law firm, that

igators observed Epstein's Escalade exit his residence driven by with no other occupants observed. The vehicle was followed to the intersection of Banyon and North Olive, where it remained occupied by the bodyguard and parked. Ban ot and North Olive is approximately five (5) miles southeast from Epst