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February 11, 2011
Exclusive: Feds Eyeing Lobbyist Ron Book, Fort Lauderdale Housing Authority
In Broward and Tallahassee politics, influence peddling comes in countless forms. Here's one currently under investigation by the federal government: A powerful lobbyist, seeking to curry favor with a state senator and benefit a major client, helps to secure the senator's boyfriend a job at th ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Witness: Judge Larry Seidlin Schemed for Widow's Cash
In Broward and Tallahassee politics, influence peddling comes in countless forms. Here's one currently under investigation by the federal government: A powerful lobbyist, seeking to curry favor with a state senator and benefit a major client, helps to secure the senator's boyfriend a job at th ... More >>
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December 23, 2009
The Year of the Ponzi
Scott Rothstein is allegedly South Florida'a latest Ponzi king.In 1921, Charles Ponzi began duping New Englanders with a bogus postage stamp investment scheme. He told them that by buying and selling foreign stamps -- yes, stamps -- they could see 40 percent returns. Instead, he simply took ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
Joel Steinger and Mutual Benefits Corp. Stole a Billion Dollars by Peddling Bogus Life Insurance Policies
Scott Rothstein is allegedly South Florida'a latest Ponzi king.In 1921, Charles Ponzi began duping New Englanders with a bogus postage stamp investment scheme. He told them that by buying and selling foreign stamps -- yes, stamps -- they could see 40 percent returns. Instead, he simply took ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
Mutual Benefits Con Man Joel Steinger Spent a Lifetime Getting Mobbed Up
Scott Rothstein is allegedly South Florida'a latest Ponzi king.In 1921, Charles Ponzi began duping New Englanders with a bogus postage stamp investment scheme. He told them that by buying and selling foreign stamps -- yes, stamps -- they could see 40 percent returns. Instead, he simply took ... More >>
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April 6, 2009
Are The Feds Looking Into The L.I.E.?
Doesn't this woman look like she's been taken by surprise? Or perhaps that a secret has just been found out? Actually, the woman in the photo, Stacy Schultz, has been flying under the radar just fine. Schultz is the "sole proprietor" of a life settlement company called LIfe I ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
Broward County’s first man admits deep ties to Mutual Benefits
Doesn't this woman look like she's been taken by surprise? Or perhaps that a secret has just been found out? Actually, the woman in the photo, Stacy Schultz, has been flying under the radar just fine. Schultz is the "sole proprietor" of a life settlement company called LIfe I ... More >>
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February 19, 2009
Mutual Benefits czar Joel Steinger manipulated local politicians and the state legislature. But divorce court too?
Doesn't this woman look like she's been taken by surprise? Or perhaps that a secret has just been found out? Actually, the woman in the photo, Stacy Schultz, has been flying under the radar just fine. Schultz is the "sole proprietor" of a life settlement company called LIfe I ... More >>
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February 12, 2009
The Spoils of Ponzi
Want an 8,500 square foot home on the New River near Las Olas with eight bathrooms and a two-story pool house? Have $9 million? Buy Joel Steinger's house! The owner of scandal-ridden Mutual Benefits Corp. has his house (pictured above) listed for sale ... More >>
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February 12, 2009
Mutual Benefits used dirty money to pay its legal defense
Want an 8,500 square foot home on the New River near Las Olas with eight bathrooms and a two-story pool house? Have $9 million? Buy Joel Steinger's house! The owner of scandal-ridden Mutual Benefits Corp. has his house (pictured above) listed for sale ... More >>
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February 10, 2009
Newsflash: Ritter Invited "Creepy" Joel Steinger To Her New Year's Party
A Sun-Sentinel article this morning details the luxury items the fraudulent Mutual Benefits Corp. purchased for the Parkland home of Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter and her husband Russ Klenet. That's fine, but what's really interesting is that Ritter ... More >>
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February 2, 2009
The Stacy Ritter Corruption Compendium
After the Miami Herald over the weekend broke a story on yet another Stacy Ritter vote that benefitted the lobbying business of her husband, Russ Klenet, I think it's time we had a one-stop shopping spot for all the alleged misdeeds of the Ritter-Klenets. Because of its length, the post jumps. ... More >>
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January 29, 2009
Mutual Benefits may have collapsed, but the fallout for South Florida politicians is still coming.
After the Miami Herald over the weekend broke a story on yet another Stacy Ritter vote that benefitted the lobbying business of her husband, Russ Klenet, I think it's time we had a one-stop shopping spot for all the alleged misdeeds of the Ritter-Klenets. Because of its length, the post jumps. ... More >>
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January 27, 2009
Stacy Ritter Misleads Herald, Public About Vote Scandal -- UPDATED
Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter should have just kept her mouth shut. The Miami Herald got a few words out of Ritter regarding her and her husband Russ Klenet's Ponzi scheme/home renovation/voting scandal. And what does Ritter offer? Obfuscation and lies. From the article: Ritter, ... More >>
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January 23, 2009
Obama's BFF (Best Florida Friend) Embroiled In Home Renovation Scandal
Sun-SentinelBroward County Mayor Stacy Ritter's involvement with a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme should finally wise Barack Obama up about his supporter, friend, and possible White House hire (that's the two of them pictured above at an Obama rally at the BankAtlantic Center la ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
Russ Klenet and Stacy Ritter Mutually Benefited From Fraud
Scott Wyman writes this morning of a lawsuit filed against lobbyist Russ Klenet, the husband of Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter, by a former vice president of viatical company Mutual Benefits Corp. You might remember the name of the company -- it is, after all, accused of ripping off investors ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
Ellyn Bogdanoff Mutually Benefited From Fraud Too
One thing about the $1 billion Ponzi scheme that was Mutual Benefits Corp.: It loved to throw money at politicians. And boy did our fearless leaders lap up the cash. It gave hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to elected officials, but nobody benefitted more from Mu ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
Stacy Ritter Voted For Company That Renovated Her Home
While serving as a state representative in 2004, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter voted on legislation that benefited the fraudulent company that paid her husband $20,000 a month, renovated her Parkland home at a cost of $100,000, docked her family's boat, and provided ... More >>
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January 15, 2009
Vice Mayor Keechl Mum About Fraud Case, Former Partner's Arrest
I've always thought of Broward Commission newcomer Ken Keechl, who now holds the position of Vice Mayor, as a benign force. Sure, he's subject to the wiles and temptations of Broward's ruling class like anyone else, and he's fallen prey at times to special interests. But he's sort of a goo ... More >>

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