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

1 attorneys' fees that were being incurred by
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2 Silversea?
3 A. Correct.
4 Q. I don't think I need to spend more time
5 going through each of these. I think that we have
6 our foundation there so I'm going to move to a
7 different area then.
8 The corollary to the fabrication of all
9 these bills is that somewhere along the line there
10 needed to be payments to Mr. Peter.
11 You agree that he was paid money out of the
12 proceeds that RRA was paid for these inflated or
13 altogether fake invoices?
14 A. He was.
15 Q. Do you recall the sources of how money was
16 filtered directly or indirectly to him or to those
17 who he directed money to be sent?
18 A. Yes. You know when you say "out of the
19 proceeds," Mr. Lichtman, I don't want there to be an
20 inappropriate belief that we actually took that exact
21 money and then funneled it to him.
22 What would happen is that money would go to
23 us, we would use whatever we needed for our purposes,
24 and we would also then funnel amounts commensurate
25 with what we were billing to Mr. Peter through