Deposition Transcript of Scott Rothstein (Albert ... - Trustee Services

1 A. Do you have the dates that we traveled to
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2 London for the meeting?
3 Q. No, but I believe it to have been after
4 that.
5 A. To the best of my recollection,
6 Mr. Lichtman, as we were nearing the time for the
7 ultimate and final transition of Albert out of the
8 company, Silversea was doing everything it could to,
9 quote, unquote, load itself for bear to protect
10 itself from what it perceived -- with regard to what
11 it perceived was a threatening position that Albert
12 might take -- and so I do recall there being an audit
13 occurring and other investigations internally at
14 Silversea, both in the Fort Lauderdale office and in
15 the home office in Monaco, with regard to Albert and
16 his expenditures and the like.
17 Q. What did you learn about the one million
18 dollar overcharge of reimbursable costs by Albert?
19 A. Well, when I first heard it, it was -- I
20 remember discussing with Albert that it seemed to be
21 a lot less than Albert thought they were going to tag
22 him with, and that it was a point of pressure on
23 Albert because I was telling Albert also that he
24 could end up in a very bad position if we don't
25 resolve this, because you've got to remember it was