Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
1 A. That's correct. Page 204 2 Q. And by the way, didn't you used to send 3 Steve Caputi with money to go fill up foreign accounts 4 in cash on a private jet during the course of this 5 Ponzi scheme? 6 A. Never. 7 Q. So Mr. Caputi was never involved in any 8 banking in foreign countries, hiding money for you? 9 A. When Mr. Caputi met me in Morocco, I gave 10 Mr. Caputi a million dollars in a Moroccan bank 11 account to utilize for investments we were going to 12 make there, but he was not running around trying to 13 hide money for me, no, sir. 14 Q. Is that money still in the Moroccan account? 15 A. To the best of my understanding, everything 16 has been turned over to the government. 17 Q. How would they know about that Moroccan 18 account, did you give them the account number? 19 A. Yes, I gave them all the information on all 20 account numbers. 21 Q. And you had the account number information 22 on that Moroccan account? 23 A. For Mr. Caputi's, I may have. All they 24 needed to do was take the bank account that I had 25 there and trace it to whatever account I transferred
1 the money into. Page 205 2 Q. Well, as you sit here today -- 3 A. I told them about the money. 4 Q. -- do you know whether Mr. Caputi still has 5 a million dollars of Ponzi scheme money in a Moroccan 6 account? 7 A. It is my understanding that all of that 8 money has been returned to the government, less some 9 kind of penalties or something. 10 MR. GAY: You have about three minutes. 11 MR. PHILLIPS: Okay. 12 BY MR. PHILLIPS: 13 Q. Mr. Rothstein, you were sentenced to 14 50 years, correct? 15 A. That's correct. 16 Q. You've been in jail two years? 17 A. This December it will be three. 18 Q. You are 50 years old, correct? 19 A. That's correct. 20 Q. How many years do you think you need to have 21 your sentence reduced in order for you to walk out of 22 prison alive? 23 A. I'd be guessing. Depends on how healthy I 24 stay. 25 Q. Well, you agree that you probably won't see
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1 A. That's cor<strong>re</strong>ct.<br />
Page 204<br />
2 Q. And by the way, didn't you used to send<br />
3 Steve Caputi with money to go fill up fo<strong>re</strong>ign accounts<br />
4 in cash on a private jet during the course <strong>of</strong> this<br />
5 Ponzi scheme?<br />
6 A. Never.<br />
7 Q. So Mr. Caputi was never involved in any<br />
8 banking in fo<strong>re</strong>ign countries, hiding money for you?<br />
9 A. When Mr. Caputi met me in Morocco, I gave<br />
10 Mr. Caputi a million dollars in a Moroccan bank<br />
11 account to utilize for investments we we<strong>re</strong> going to<br />
12 make the<strong>re</strong>, but he was not running around trying to<br />
13 hide money for me, no, sir.<br />
14 Q. Is that money still in the Moroccan account?<br />
15 A. To the best <strong>of</strong> my understanding, everything<br />
16 has been turned over to the government.<br />
17 Q. How would they know about that Moroccan<br />
18 account, did you give them the account number?<br />
19 A. Yes, I gave them all the information on all<br />
20 account numbers.<br />
21 Q. And you had the account number information<br />
22 on that Moroccan account?<br />
23 A. For Mr. Caputi's, I may have. All they<br />
24 needed to do was take the bank account that I had<br />
25 the<strong>re</strong> and trace it to whatever account I transfer<strong>re</strong>d