Posted on 03/17/2010 10:14:13 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
Federal authorities have arrested the owner of a Pembroke Pines-based security firm on charges he conspired with a suspected Italian Mafia figure to launder money and obstruct justice, court records showed Wednesday.
Enrique Ros, who runs Five Star Executive Protection and Investigation, voluntarily surrendered to FBI agents Tuesday after getting off a plane at Miami International Airport. The arrest came five days after federal prosecutors unsealed a nine-count indictment against him, his business partner Daniel Dromerhauser and Roberto Settineri, who is thought to have acted as a key intermediary between a crime family in Sicily and the Gambino crime family in New York City.
The three were ensnared in a November 2009 sting set in motion when Fort Lauderdale fraudster Scott Rothstein began cooperating with federal authorities investigating his $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, according to news reports. Rothstein, who knew the men, pretended he needed help destroying documents and laundering $79,000, the news reports state.
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Did anyone ever find out if he’s related to Arnold “The Brain” Rothstein”
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