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Tick Tock.

Hey, what do you know, Rothstein was cooperating all along:

"We are in the process of finalizing a plea agreement,'' Marc Nurik, Rothstein's attorney, told The Miami Herald Tuesday. ``I can't comment on any of the details.''

U.S. District Judge James Cohn will set a date for Rothstein, 47, to plead guilty in coming weeks, to be followed by his sentencing a few months later -- capping the biggest investment fraud case in South Florida history.

Rothstein has been cooperating with authorities as they build cases against members of his inner circle and now-defunct Las Olas Boulevard law firm. Typically, defendants who provide information that results in additional prosecutions do so seeking a benefit: the possibility of a reduced sentence down the road.

So which members of the inner circle and his old law firm are next?

Full post as published by South Florida Lawyers on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).