- time power brokers fallen empire through confiscated cash and the sale of homes, cars, boats, jewelry and other luxury items. U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn in Fort Lauderdale has set an Aug. 30 deadline for the restitution to victims of the $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. Rothstein is serving a 50-year priso

lea Agreement the district court sentenced Rothstein to fifty (50) years in federal custody. [D.E. 106 at '68-69]. At Rothstein's sentencing, Judge James I. Cohn made several findings regarding the role that RRA played in facilitating the Ponzi Scheme. In particular he noted that Millis case is about the sell

bjection. (Id. at ¶ 7.) An emergency motion to revoke bond was prepared and filed with this Court. (Id. at ¶ 8.) The motion was granted by the Hon. James I. Cohn, who was serving as the "duty district judge" while the Court was out of the District. (Id.) The defendant sought review of the order of detention,