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Rothstein and McCain:

Feds Investigating McCain Donors, Campaign Lied About Money ($1.1M+ taken from Ponzi scheme)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2532993/posts
http://www.jdforsenate.com/news/2010/06/10/feds-investigating-mccain-donors-campaign-lied-about-money

Sen. John McCain must personally and publicly explain why he allowed his staff to lie to the media about returning all $1.1 million given to his presidential campaign by a convicted felon; if he accepted even more from the felon’s law partners; and why he has not donated all the dirty money to charity as his campaign claimed. Federal authorities have been investigating 30 lawyers who worked in the now-defunct firm of Scott Rothstein, who yesterday was sentenced to 50 years in prison for running an elaborate Ponzi scheme. According to his lawyer and media reports, the convicted felon is... [snip]

Ft Lauderdale Attorney Sentenced to 50 Years in Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531298/posts
According to court records and statements made in court, from around 2005 through November 2009, Rothstein engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity through the RAA law firm, located in Ft. Lauderdale. During his plea, Rothstein specifically admitted that RRA was the criminal enterprise through which he and others fraudulently obtained approximately $1.2 billion from investors through bogus investment and other schemes. [snip]