Nov 3, 2009 11:23 am US/Eastern
DeFede: Attorney Says Rothstein Will Return
MIAMI (CBS4) ―
The attorney for missing Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein says his client will return to South Florida "within the next 24 to 48 hours."
Marc Nurik – an attorney with Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, who resigned from the firm to represent Rothstein – told CBS4 News Tuesday morning that Rothstein will be coming home to address the allegations that he stole hundreds of millions of dollars from the law firms' clients and from investors in what has been described as an elaborate Ponzi scheme involving investments in bogus structured settlements.
"There has been more media and speculation than there has been process and pleadings," said Nurik. "I'm not aware of any arrest warrant and we have not been formally informed there is even an investigation."
Asked if he had been contacted by the FBI, Nurik refused to say.
Nurik said he did not know where Rothstein was – only that he was currently not in the United States.
"Everyone seems to think he is in Morocco, but I really don't know," Nurik said. "I have not asked him where he is."
Rumors that Rothstein was in Morocco also highlighted the fact that the African nation does not have an extradition treaty with the United States.
Nurik said it was always Rothstein's intention to come back to the United States.
"He always had a return flight," Nurik said. "At this point I expect Mr. Rothstein to walk off of the plane on his own steam."
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