reporter: there was no client? the cases were fabricated. reporter: it turned out it was all a ponzi scheme. mr. high-flyer scott rothstein didn t use investor money to file lawsuits. instead he used that money to fund his champagne and yachts lifestyle. we three kings be stealing the gold. reporter: in the end it would be the largest ponzi scheme in florida history. how big did it get? ballpark, $1-1.5 billion. reporter: and then halloween eve, 2009. more than a year had passed since melissa s murder with tony villegas still sitting in jail awaiting trial, and another twist to the story. scott rothstein has disappeared. reporter: unlike melissa, scott was not a murder victim. but he was a fugitive, a bernie madoff figure on the run. he had left the country in a private jet for morocco with $16 million in cash and his collections of watches and jewelry, fleeing after learning
out when they were in distress. and, had heard about melissa and all her kids. and wanted to do what she could to help them out. did melissa buy this to? at first melissa was a little bit standoffish. but then they got to talking back and forth in emails, and, soo started offering gift cards for groceries and best buy. things that they needed. and, at the time, melissa and chris were in really need of money. so police are basically kept fishing melissa? yeah. police are trying to keep this connection between sue and melissa to see what can come of it. and one of the things that comes out of it is, they help them with rent in this house. the east coast of canada. and the gift kept coming. so gabe melissa and her family a free weekend at a music park. even played for teen tickets to get them there. but the weekend was a ruse. police wanted the family out of
A New Jersey nonprofit is helping parents in the North Texas area weather a nationwide baby formula shortage with an international effort involving Christians and Orthodox Jews.
A New Jersey nonprofit is helping parents in the North Texas area weather a nationwide baby formula shortage with an international effort involving Christians and Orthodox Jews.
A New Jersey nonprofit is helping parents in the North Texas area weather a nationwide baby formula shortage with an international effort involving Christians and Orthodox Jews.