Rothstein's Top Assistant Pleads Guilty, Describes Her Role in Ponzi Scheme

Debra Villegas, Ponzi scheme convict Scott Rothstein's top assistant, said Friday that her boss told her that he was tied in with the Mafia and that mobsters would kill him if she didn't forge fake settlement agreements as part of his $1.2 billion scheme. Villegas was questioned by federal Judge William Zloch about her role in the fraud before he agreed to accept her pre-arranged guilty plea ...