Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
1 THE WITNESS: Excuse me? Page 202 2 BY MR. PHILLIPS: 3 Q. Do you know what wrapping tefillin is, 4 putting tefillin on? 5 A. Oh, tefillin, the connection wasn't good, 6 yes. I wrapped tefillin every morning. 7 Q. Do you still do that? 8 MR. NURIK: You can answer. 9 BY MR. PHILLIPS: 10 Q. I'll withdraw that. 11 Were you doing that during the time of this 12 Ponzi scheme? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. Can you explain what it means to wrap 15 tefillin? 16 A. It's a method of increasing your awareness 17 and your connection to God while you are praying. 18 Q. And there's a little box on the tefillin 19 that you put on the forehead and on your right arm, 20 correct, or is it your left arm? You can tell me. 21 A. Your left arm. 22 Q. Your left arm and your forehead. 23 What's in that box? 24 A. The Shema and a prayer from Deuteronomy. 25 Q. So these are prayers acknowledging your
1 relationship with God, right? Page 203 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. And every day you would acknowledge your 4 relationship with God and wrap tefillin and then go 5 off to work and perpetrate a scam to the tune of one 6 to $2 billion over a period of five years, correct? 7 A. Without getting into too much detail of my 8 conversations with God, I begged God to help me find 9 the way to make things right, even when I was 10 stealing. 11 Q. So that's what you were praying for? 12 A. Among other things. 13 Q. And you didn't have the personal fortitude 14 or ability to correct that on your own, did you? 15 A. I was weak and greedy. 16 Q. And the only way it was going to be 17 corrected is if you got caught and was threatened with 18 50 years in prison, correct? 19 MR. GAY: Objection to form. 20 THE WITNESS: I don't think that's correct. 21 BY MR. PHILLIPS: 22 Q. Well, the first thing you did when you 23 realized that the floor was about to fall out from 24 under you was flea the country on a private jet, 25 correct?
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1 THE WITNESS: Excuse me?<br />
Page 202<br />
2 BY MR. PHILLIPS:<br />
3 Q. Do you know what wrapping tefillin is,<br />
4 putting tefillin on?<br />
5 A. Oh, tefillin, the connection wasn't good,<br />
6 yes. I wrapped tefillin every morning.<br />
7 Q. Do you still do that?<br />
8 MR. NURIK: You can answer.<br />
9 BY MR. PHILLIPS:<br />
10 Q. I'll withdraw that.<br />
11 We<strong>re</strong> you doing that during the time <strong>of</strong> this<br />
12 Ponzi scheme?<br />
13 A. Yes.<br />
14 Q. Can you explain what it means to wrap<br />
15 tefillin?<br />
16 A. It's a method <strong>of</strong> inc<strong>re</strong>asing your awa<strong>re</strong>ness<br />
17 and your connection to God while you a<strong>re</strong> praying.<br />
18 Q. And the<strong>re</strong>'s a little box on the tefillin<br />
19 that you put on the fo<strong>re</strong>head and on your right arm,<br />
20 cor<strong>re</strong>ct, or is it your left arm? You can tell me.<br />
21 A. Your left arm.<br />
22 Q. Your left arm and your fo<strong>re</strong>head.<br />
23 What's in that box?<br />
24 A. The Shema and a prayer from Deuteronomy.<br />
25 Q. So these a<strong>re</strong> prayers acknowledging your
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