The photo speaks for itself, so today I want to tell you about Fane Lozman, a city activist whose home has been seized by the federal government and is now being sold out from under him by the City of Riviera Beach. It’s a case in which a vindictive city is crushing a…

Timmerman with Gov. Crist in photo taken at Scott Rothstein’s home. ​Former Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm clerk and Nova Southeastern University law student Julie Timmerman committed suicide yesterday at her home in Fort Lauderdale, police confirmed. She was 26. Timmerman, who worked two summers for imprisoned Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, consumed an overdose of…

I obtained an email from Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein in which he begs for forgiveness from his closest friends and family members. “I have lied, I have hurt you, I have hurt your feelings,” Rothstein wrote. “I have not been there when you needed me, I have put less important things before those…

This just seemed like a perfect photograph for a lazy Saturday morning. I don’t know where it was taken, but it appears that Scott Rothstein and his second-named partner, Russ Adler (the “A” in RRA), have just finished a meal while on a trip. The soccer ball (I can’t make…

I’m starting to wonder if Broward Undersheriff Tom Wheeler and BSO Lt. David Benjamin went to local airports to thumb rides to football games with wealthy politically connected folks. I’ve confirmed that Wheeler and Benjamin — along with Broward County Judge John “Jay” Hurley — flew to Tallahassee for the September 7…

Scott Rothstein isn’t the only big-spending, politico-favoring accused crook in Broward County whose stuff is about to go up for auction. South Florida Times Eggelletion (top), Bruce Chait (middle), and son Shawn Chait at bottom. ​ ​Put Prestige Homes owner Bruce Chait on the list as well. Chait, who was recently charged…

You might think there aren’t any positive stories coming out of the Scott Rothstein debacle, but then you’d be wrong. Over the holidays, Barry Bekkedam, who fed $100 million into Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme through his money management fund, was engaged to local real estate agent and insurance broker Diane Barnett,…

​ ​ ​Scott Rothstein is going to be back in court today, this time for a hearing in which he’s expected to waive any conflicts of interests with his attorney, Marc Nurik.  ​This seems like another by-rote formality and, as I have a ton of other reporting to do, I doubt I’ll make it out…

Legendary, tough, and strong-willed land baron and powerbroker Hamilton Forman died last night at age 90. Forman once owned most of Davie and built a real estate empire in Broward County that has been shepherded by his son Austin for the past 20 years. Hamilton Forman controlled the North Broward Hospital District — and…

Back in November, I likened the Scott Rothstein scandal to a slow-motion wrecking ball moving through Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti’s command staff. It’s still doing damage. Since Rothstein imploded, the sheriff’s onetime right-hand man, Lt. David Benjamin, has been demoted from Lamberti’s inner circle and is the subject of several…

Michael Meldeau, who is on the deposition list in the Scott Rothstein bankruptcy case, told me this morning that he’s not sure why he has been called but said he never invested any money in Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme. Meldeau also confirmed that he had written the comments under his name…

In the recent interview with the Pulp, Broward County Judge John “Jay” Hurley defended his decision to go to Broward Sheriff’s deputies over a comment on JAABlog, a leading blog concerned with courthouse issues. Hurley went to BSO after after an anonymous commenter posted the time and place of Hurley’s…

— The Sun-Sentinel (specifically the wife of the Pulp) just published that Sgt. Steven Greenlaw and his girlfriend, Officer DeAnna Garcia-LeMieux, were suspended with pay by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department over the detail involving Scott Rothstein. It’s not clear what is alleged that they did wrong, except that possibly they…

Scott Rothstein and car dealership scion Ted Morse, who were so close that even Kim got jealous of them, didn’t just share the same style of dress, motorcycles, boats, and cars. They both also had matching Fraternal Order of Police decals on the license plate of their cars, a source…

You saw “RRA” all over Miami Dolphins games, Heat games, Panthers games, last year’s BCS National Championship game at the Orange Bowl, a Don King-promoted boxing match, even the Super Bowl. The Ponzi schemer was also in regular contact with football stars like Channing Crowder, Ronnie Brown, and Jay Fiedler…

Broward Circuit Judge John “Jay” Hurley called me last night to offer his take on numerous issues that have been written about on the blog. Suffice it to say it was a productive and insightful conversation on a few fronts, the first of which was any influence Ponzi schemer Scott…

The name of Ted Morse simply isn’t being raised enough in the Scott Rothstein saga. Ted wasn’t just his best friend, his fly buddy, his enabler, one of his earliest investors, and the guy who bought Rothstein the Ricky Williams house on Castilla Isle. It goes deeper, according to a…

That headline provides the basic news of the federal court hearing this morning. Scott Rothstein was in court but was undemonstrative and quiet, according to other press members. The hearing in U.S. District Judge James Cohn’s courtroom was already over before 9.a.m. when I arrived, so I didn’t get a chance to see…

OK, it’s finally official: Scott Rothstein has been cooperating all along. If you’ve been reading this blog, you not only already knew that but you also knew that Rothstein was actively trying to drum up cases for the feds before he was incarcerated, including one against his old friend, Muhammed “Moe” Sohail, the…

Lynn Haberl, aunt of slain RRA attorney Melissa Britt Lewis, says she remembers when, in very early November, her sister sent her an email about Scott Rothstein.   Her life hasn’t been the same since.   “She wrote that we may be heading for some issues with Melissa,” Haberl told me today…

UPDATED: Federal Judge William Zloch has been trying to hide his finances and the finances of other judges for several years, but attorney Loring Spolter’s allegation that he leaves the forms blank appear to be false.   It’s not blank, but the question is whether it’s complete. To see an example of…