two banks where Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein laundered money will face a trial over multimillion-dollar claims by victims of the scam, a Broward County judge has ruled.
Circuit Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld declined to entirely dismiss any of the suit’s defendants.
In an order, dated Dec. 9 and distributed by plaintiffs’ attorneys on Tuesday, Streitfeld ruled that all claims against the two bank defendants, TD Bank and Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust, would go forward.
A hearing was set Tuesday discuss a trial schedule. TD Bank said because it was pending litigation it would not comment other than to say "it believes and expects the facts to prove...