Sink on Rothstein: We all got conned
by Dara Kam | January 27th, 2010Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink said she learned a lesson from accused Ponzi-schemer Scott Rothstein, the Broward County lawyer and political powerhouse who pleaded guilty this morning to racketeering and other offenses.
Rothstein, a major GOP contributor, and his wife held a fund-raiser for Sink’s gubernatorial campaign in August and donated $200,000 to the Florida Democratic Party before being accused of bilking his law firm’s clients and others of $1.2 billion.
At The Associated Press annual gathering of editors and reporters, Sink said the “first rule of business is to know who you’re dealing with.”
When asked if she applied the same bromide to her dealings with Rothstein, she bristled.
“Well obviously I didn’t because he is an admitted con artist,” Sink said. “Here’s a guy who conned all of Ft. Lauderdale and most of South Florida.”
She ticked off the names of other lawyers whose political stars have fallen including Bernie Madoff and banker Allen Stanford.
“I learned a lesson there,” she said of Rothstein. “Ask more questions.”
Tags: 2010 campaigns, Alex Sink, campaign finance, Ponzi scheme, Scott Rothstein
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January 27th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
If Peter Bassaline could fix these cases out of the Attorney Generals Office the right way,I wouldn’t be haven’t these problems right now.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
A CFO that has no clue? B U L L !!!!
B U L L !!!! B U L L !!!! There are two possibilities here; 1)She is Grossly incompitent on many levels. or 2) Lying.
Take your pick ! How many times must this type of scenario play out between FL. politics and dirty business dealings.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Funny how nobody knows anything around here.The same people who are supposed to know what is going on.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
If you believe she was conned-there is
a Bridge up for sale. Its a very sad
commentary when politicians in this day
and time still feel they can lie to the
public and get away with it. I guess the
upset in Massachusetts didn’t wake all of them up. Alex Sink-you lost my respect and will definitely not get my
vote. I am tired of being talked down to
by both parties-lets why I happily joined the Independents. I vote not for
a party but a person. Now if that person
doesn’t deal honestly with the public-
goodbye my vote.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Sink – how many times have you been conned, idiot? How about tell all of the $250 million in State Pension Funds you lost after a New YOrk real estate investment went south.
Idiots like you should be doing jail time.
January 28th, 2010 at 12:42 am
I am voting for Darrin McGillis he has a solid non-evasive message.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:06 am
Sounds more like the lesson learned was to distance ones self after getting caught taking money from a thief. Sound familiar Gov. Christ????? huh?
January 28th, 2010 at 6:40 am
Consider this on top of Rothstein’s claim that he and Broward Democratic power broker Austin Foreman would pick all Judges in a Sink Administration and the path ahead seems problematic for Sink. Will Rothstein sink Sink?
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January 28th, 2010 at 6:51 am
She wasn’t conned while she was stuffing envelopes full of cash in her pockets from this scumbag lawyer. Only until he got caught she has to pretend to be a victim. She’s a corrupt liar just like every other politician.
January 28th, 2010 at 11:09 am
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