Scott Rothstein

Michelle Braun: Notorious L.A. Madam's South Florida Adventure

Seven Signs Miami Is The Fakest City in America

Only in Miami could our inboxes be flooded with press releases like this Wednesday's police announcement: "Clandestine Dentist Arrested." Oh, thank God, you say. Then you think, what kind of a city has fake dentists? I mean, how hard can it be to graduate from dental school?But this is Miami, quite ... More >>

Fear and Loathing in Tampa: Your Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

Nevin Shapiro and His Attorney Threatened New Times With World's Silliest Lawsuit

via Yahoo SportsNevin ShapiroNevin Shapiro and his Coral Gables attorney, Maria Elena Perez, have the national media eating out of their hands these days. Shapiro is trying to bring down UM's football program, and Perez -- who's not in jail -- has helped him by making TV appearances. But the pair wa ... More >>

Bob Norman, Good-Bye!

​My old buddy Bob Norman is shipping outta New Times Broward Palm Beach and heading for the TV news. Bob has been the franchise player at that paper for years -- ably assisted by the likes of a staff that has included stars like Sam Eifling, Ed Newton, Tony Ortega, Mike Mooney, Lisa Rab, Trevo ... More >>

Marguerite Martial Jean Busted for $3.4 Million Ponzi Scheme that Targeted Haitian-American Church Goers

​Given the high profile cases of Bernie Madoff, Scott Rothstein and Allen Stanford, the image of a Ponzi schemer is usually that of some rich white guy with a cigar hanging out of his mouth praying on already well-off investors, but not all schemers fit that bill. Marguerite Martial Jean, a 38-yea ... More >>

Lil Wayne and other famous Miamians owe the IRS millions in back taxes

Lien Times: Meet Some Local Tax Cheats

Weezy F. Baby needs E.F. Hutton​As the tax season draws to a close this week, some of our more recognizable citizens are probably wondering if Uncle Sam will catch them cheating on their taxes again. Take Lil Wayne, who was just popped by the Internal Revenue Service for not paying his fair share ... More >>

Florida Carpenters Union Wages War on TD Bank

The Florida Carpenters strike again, this time against a TD Bank on Biscayne Blvd. in North Miami​From Ohio to Wisconsin, organized labor is under attack. In that mitten-shaped slab of cheese up north, governor Scott Walker used a budget bill to kill collective bargaining. In Ohio, the working man ... More >>

Steve Berke: Comedian for Miami Beach mayor

Nevin Shapiro: Miami's Caligula

Dwyane Wade and Jason Taylor's Charities to Return Rothstein Donations

​Clownish convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein made a habit of making large donations to several local charities to pump up his credibility and be able to rub shoulders with big wigs. Now he's serving a 50 year& sentence for his scheme that ripped investors off to the tune of $1.2 billion dolla ... More >>

Romero Britto's parking meters mess with Miami bums' beer fund

Miami Bums Sound Off on Britto Meters

Britto is tapping into the homeless' beer fund.​Pop artist Romero Britto's work has infected Miami like a great open sore pulsing red, yellow, and blue. When future archeologists unearth our city, they'll think we worshiped squinting kitty-cats and butterflies--and that our artistic ability fell o ... More >>

From a Former Clevelander: LeBron James Was an A-hole Long Before the World Realized It

​Tonight, if our swamis are correct, LeBron James will announce he is joining the Miami Heat. On national TV. Which, from the perspective of Northeast Ohioans, is the equivalent of dumping your high school sweetheart via a banner flown from a plane. And if he ends up staying in Cleveland, that wil ... More >>

Ex-Fla GOP Chair Jim Greer May Have Had "No Girls Allowed" Meetings

​Jim Greer, the disgraced former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, is already in trouble for allegedly misdirecting $200,000 of party money to a company he owned. Now, during that investigation new, weirder allegations have popped up. Mainly that Greer held fundraiser events and meeting ... More >>

Forget "Miami-Wade": Name the County After These True South Floridians

Midwesterner.​The Dwyane-Wade-please-stay groveling continues with the county commission voting to rename our municipality Miami-Wade County. Ho-hum. It's like Miami officials have observed all of the crazy stunts Cleveland is pulling in trying to persuade LeBron James to stay a Cavalier, and ... More >>

Scott Rothstein Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

Kim Rothstein and friend Stacie Weisman leaving the courthouse after the sentencing.​Unless you've been under a rock for the past few months, you should know that South Florida got stuck with its own mini-Madoff who goes by the name of Scott Rothstein. Yesterday, Rothstein was sentence by U.S. Dis ... More >>

How to Live Like a Ponzi Schemer: Buy Scott Rothstein's Stuff June 3

Go here to see a commercial for the Scott Rothstein auction.​Nobody pimps it harder than Ponzi schemers. Yachts, Bentleys, Bugattis, Waverunners, Ferraris, Corvettes, Cadillacs, Maseratis, Mercedes-Benzes, and Lambos ... That's just a small sampling of the super-expensive stuff that con man Scott ... More >>

Who vandalized Hanley Ramirez's cars?

Letters from the issue of May 6, 2010

Who Trashed Hanley Ramirez's Cars?

​It's a travesty. An outrage. Mess with Jorge, Josh, or Freddi -- but don't fool around with Hanley.At 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 13, Florida Marlins wunderkind Hanley Ramirez awoke from graceful slumber to find somebody had vandalized three of his matching white vehicles parked in front of his seven- ... More >>

Did friendship cost Rothstein lawyer Melissa Lewis her life?

Spending IRS Refund Could Be Taxing

You're not going to deposit that refund check, are you?

Uncle Sam Makes It Rain: How to Spend Your Tax Refund at Warp Speed

This guy seemed appropriate. "It's free money from the government!!"​We have no idea how a tax refund works. All we know is Uncle Sam is a greedy bastard all but one day of the year, when he sends us a fat check with no strings attached. What a nasty little sycophant. That government check ... More >>

Scott Rothstein's work as a Mafia informant might help him in his Ponzi case

County Commissioner Jose "Pepe" Diaz Comes Up With A Dumb Idea

Miami-Dade CountyCounty Commissioner Jose "Pepe" Diaz wants to create a slush fund financed by cronies and special interests​You can always count on Jose "Pepe" Diaz to give Miami-Dade residents a reason to impose term limits on county commissioners. Seriously, who is advising Diaz? Scott Rothste ... More >>

RPOF, Which Took $628k From Rothstein, Calls Sink Corrupt for Returning $6,000 From Rothstein

via The Buzz​Well, this tweet from the Republican Party of Florida's Twitter page sure ain't subtle: "Alex Sink is a lousy corrupt Ultra-Liberal Dem., fully-owned by banking industry and trial lawyers."Jeez, RPOF, tell us how you really feel.The tweet linked to a RedState.com user diary titled "Th ... More >>

Miami-Dade con man Karl Thompson swindled an ex-cop and got caught

Made Off Too: A Retired Aventura Cop Gets Conned and Fights Back

Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein bilked investors out of $1.2 billion, but at least he didn't Miami-Dade CorrectionsKarl Thompson stole $1.2 million from a retired police officer.​bamboozle a poor one-armed handyman like Karl Thompson did.The 40-year-old scammer defrauded friends and business associa ... More >>

News Roundup: City Commission Gets It Dunn

After an epically long city commission meeting, commissioners chose the Rev. Richard Dunn to replace Michelle Spence-Jones after he pledged not to run for the seat in November. [Herald]Crime rates in unincorporated Dade County are down. [Herald]Sad Ponzi clown Scott Rothstein is going to p ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Millions, Crop Loss, Maiden, Discounts, and Jin

Wyoming's Gordon Food Service buys a million square foot distribution center in Hillsborough county, between Orlando and Tampa, for "rapid growth" in Florida. [MLive]Severe crop loss throughout Florida thanks to that no good, sock doubling, two sweatshirt wearing, wearing a blanket around the house, ... More >>

News Roundup:

Man it is cold out. ("How cold is it?") It's so cold that Gov. Crist has declared a state of emergency, so this isn't a joke. [CBS4]Scott Rothstein may be planning to enter a plea bargain, and pleading guilty. [JustNews]Five workers with Miami-Dade waster management were arrested after taking bribes ... More >>

Miami 2009: Seven signs the End Times are nigh

Scott Rothstein's drunken adventure

Letters from the Issue of December 10, 2009

Food News Roundup: Scott Rothstein Jail Cafeteria, Iowa, Orange Bowl, Cheeseburger Baby, Guns, and Tropicana Las Vegas

Scott Rothstein may end up a food service worker at Miami's Federal Detention Center. [Sun Sentinel]University of Iowa gets $1.95 million for making the Orange Bowl, and plans entourage of 600 Iowans eating, drinking and hotelling in Miami. [Press-Citizen]Miami-Dade school cafeterias explore vegetar ... More >>

Dump the Cuba Travel Ban: Send in Howard Stern, Lindsey Lohan, Manny Diaz!

​Fidel is a jerk. Raul is nearly as bad.But what nailed the USSR will get Cuba. Let my people in!The heads of foreign affairs committees in both houses of Congress -- Sen. Richard Lugar and Rep. Howard Berman came out together to say the 50-year-old ban should be lifted. Hell, Lugar is even a Repu ... More >>

Casa Casuarina Closed. Thanks Scott Rothstein.

​Our sister paper, New Times Broward-Palm Beach has done some pretty amazing reporting on the Scott Rothstein mess. Among the fallout from the alleged $57 million the Broward lawyer allegedly stole in a Ponzi scheme: South Beach.Gianni Versace's former mansion on Ocean Drive, where a big buck rest ... More >>

The Party Crasher - Dwyane Wade is Celebrated, and for Good Reason