Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services

1 investors. My plan was to, as stupid as the plan
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2 ultimately turned out to be, but my plan was to build
3 the businesses up, sell them and take the money and
4 pay off the investors.
5 Q. Did you ever attempt to sell Cafe Iguana?
6 A. I had discussed with Mr. Caputi one time
7 when he had told me that there was a large -- he came
8 to me, and I don't know whether the story is true or
9 not, but he came to me and told me a large nightclub
10 business looking to potentially expand into South
11 Florida. He was going to talk to them and see what
12 they had to offer. Other than that, no.
13 Q. Now, you said the reason you came back from
14 Morocco was you were afraid for your family, correct?
15 A. I did not want the government to rain the
16 hell that should have been rained down on me down on
17 my family. That was one of the reasons I came back.
18 Q. So did you enter into an agreement with the
19 government or the trustee that they would not go after
20 your family members because you came back and you were
21 going to cooperate with them?
22 A. No, sir.
23 Q. Did you buy your mother a house?
24 A. No, sir.
25 Q. Did you ever pay off her mortgage?