The Associated Press August 17, 2010, 10:44AM ET http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HLA0M00.htm
A reputed mobster linked to a disbarred Florida attorney convicted of operating a massive Ponzi scheme is set to plead guilty in federal court.
Court records show Roberto Settineri is scheduled to plead guilty next week. Settineri had pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice and money laundering charges in March, following his arrest in a sweep of alleged Mafia figures by Italian and U.S. authorities.
Settineri's attorney did not immediately respond to an e-mail message Monday.
Settineri was arrested after Scott Rothstein, who admitted running a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, secretly recorded incriminating conversations between them for the FBI. Rothstein is serving a 50-year prison sentence.