There have been umpteen legal proceedings about the Scott Rothstein fraud, but Wednesday's was unique: a Broward nightclub impresario came to court to admit he had masqueraded as a banker at Rothstein's direction to help him cheat investors out of millions.
Stephen Caputi, who co-owned the popular Café Iguana nightclub in Pembroke Pines with Rothstein, said he regrets now having done the convicted swindler's bidding, and pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud.
U.S. District Judge William Zloch asked bluntly, "Mr. Caputi, why did you do this?"
"Mr. Rothstein had asked me to do those things. I've been a friend of his for 17 years," Caputi quietly replied, adding he also had business ventures with Rothstein, which he did not identify. "I did not want to compromise my relationship with him.
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