Fontainebleau suit takes aim at Soffer empire

(via Miami Herald) · November 6, 2009 · 7:09 AM

Jeffrey Soffer created a "corporate shell game" to borrow nearly $3 billion for the Fontainebleau Las Vegas and now is trying to shield his family's real estate empire from the fallout of that project's bankruptcy, according to a new lawsuit against companies controlled by the Aventura developer.

The suit by title insurers involved in the $2.8 billion Vegas financing package takes aim at the complex web of holding companies that ultimately controls Soffer properties from Miami Beach to Las Vegas.

The lawsuit alleges the holding companies all amount to one Soffer entity that should be vulnerable to roughly $600 million in contractor claims covered by title insurance on the Fontainebleau Vegas project.

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By BELAIR

11/6/09 at 9:33 a.m.

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ATTENTION VEGAS 222
BELAIR IS NOT SHOCKED THAT THESE AMATEUR JUNIOR ACHIEVMENT BUSINESS BOYS HAVE NOW GOT THEM SELVES INVOVED IN POTENTIAL WHITE COLLAR CRIMES !!!
IF I WAS THERE ATTORNEY I WOULD ADVISE THEM TO PLEAD GUILTY & COME QUITELY TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE & WORK OUT A PLEA BARGAIN TO GIVE UP THE 600 MILLION DOLLARS FOR AN EXCHANGE OF IMMUNITY - SO THERE FAMILY SENTENCES COULD BE REDUCED TO PER HAPS AS LITTLE AS SIX MONTHS IN A HALF WAY HOUSE & FIVE YEARS OF SUPERVISED PROBATION !!!!
GIVING UP THE ILL GAINED MONIES NOW IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY COMPARED TO LOSING THE FAMILIES FREEDOM FOR PER HAPS 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISONS !!!
THE COUNTRY IS ON A WITCH HUNT UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF THE GREEDY ABUSIVE - SELFISH - WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS THAT THINK THEY NO HOW TO WORK THE SYSTEM !!!
THE ARROGANCE OF POWER IS WHAT THE PUBLIC & THE OVER ZEALOUS PROSECUTORS HATE !!!
REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO LEONA HELMSLEY - MARTHA STEWART & OF COURSE PRESIDENT NIXON !!!
ONCE YOU UP SET THE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTORS & THERE HARD WORKING PEOPLE -START BUILDING A CASE ON YOUR FAMILY IT WILL BE TO LATE TO JUST BUY YOUR WAY OUT !!!
YOUR FAMILY'S FREEDOM SHOULD BE FIRST & PARAMOUNT AS WELL AS YOUR OWN IF IN FACT YOU WERE A CO CONSPIRATOR & FINANCIALLY BENEFITTED FROM THE SCHEMES !!!
DO NOT RAT OUT YOUR FRIENDS FIRST - UNTIL YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM & THERE ATTORNEYS - IT IS ONLY FAIR & ETHICAL TO LET THEM COME FORWARD FIRST TO IMPRESS THE JUDGE & PROSECUTORS !!!
I HOPE I AM WRONG ABOUT THERE ALLEGED FRAUD & SOPHISTICATED SCHEMES - NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO SEE THEM GO TO PRISON FOR JUST A MONEY CRIME !!!
WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY DANGEROUS PEOPLE WALKING THE STREETS THAT SHOULD BE IN PRISON !!!
By vegas222

11/6/09 at 10:09 a.m.

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Belair--If you knew anything at all you would be more dangerous than your current idiotic rants.
By double11down

11/6/09 at 1:05 p.m.

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belair...between all the typos and the caplocks rant....I have no idea what you are talking about.
You are obviously passionate about the subject. Please turn off the caps lock!
By BELAIR

11/6/09 at 2:41 p.m.

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ATTENTION VEGAS 222
YOUR OBVIOUS CONSTANT DEFENDING OF YOUR---- BAFFOON FONTAINEBLEAU SCHEMERS SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT YOUR PER HAPS PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT ENTIRE - PSYCOPATHIC - SELFISH - SELF ABSORBED FAMILY !!!
SOME ONE CALLED ME TODAY TO THROW MORE FUEL IN TO THE FIRE & SAID - THE BOYS AUNT ACTUALLY SUED THE BOYS FATHER IN 2002 OUT OF UNJUSTIFIED GREED - & DEMANDED THE BOYS FATHER GIVE HER MONEY FOR THE SUCCESS THE BOYS FATHER WAS HAVING IN LAS VEGAS BUILDING CONDOS - BECAUSE HER LAST NAME WAS SOFFER & HER FATHER WAS THE SAME FATHER OF DON SOFFER !!!
OF COURSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CRAZY LAW SUIT & I CAN NOT IMAGINE ANY ATTORNEY WOULD EVEN TAKE THAT CASE & RUN THE RISK OF LEGALLY EMBARASSING HIM SELF - INFRONT OF A JUDGE & JURY!
GREED KNOWS NO BARRIERS IF THE ABOVE IS TRUE !!!
AS FOR YOU VEGAS 222 MR IGNORANT & OBNOXIOUS - SHELTERED PARASITE -- ARE THE ALLEGED CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST YOUR SCHEMING FRIENDS - BY SIX VERY LARGE & PROFESSIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANIES TODAY - FOR 600 M8ILLION DOLLARS TRUE & CORRECT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO DEFEND YOUR NAIVE & INCOMPETANT FRIENDS IN FRONT OF A JUDGE & JURY WITH LAS VEGAS 222 FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE AS A PER HAPS CO CONSPIRATOR -- OR ARE YOU TO INEPT IN THE BUSINESS ARENA TO EVEN UNDER STAND THE CHARGES THAT WERE ALLEGED AGAINST YOUR GREEDY - UNREALISTIC FRIENDS !!!
THEY ARE AFFLICTED WITH A DISEASE CALLED THE ARROGANCE OF POWER - A MENTAL & EMOTIONAL DISEASE THAT HAS TAKEN DOWN - ALOT SMARTER PEOPLE THEN YOUR EMORAL - AMORAL - OBNOXIOUS FRIENDS !!!
YOUR WISE GUY - DISRESPECTFUL ATTITUDE WILL EVENTUALLY COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU & YOU WILL PAY A VERY BIG PRICE FOR YOUR CLUE LESS STATE OF MIND - THRU THE LEGAL SYSTEM !!!
By logic_should_rule

11/7/09 at 5:01 p.m.

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Idiots type in all caps.....
By BELAIR

11/7/09 at 5:28 p.m.

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ATTENTION -LOGIC_SHOULD_RULE
YOUR REMARKS - IDIOTS TYPE IN ALL CAPS - CONFIRM YOU ARE A LOW CLASS - NO CLASS SUB HUMAN WITH NO INTELLIGENT CONTENT TO SHARE !!!
I AM SURE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE EXPRESSED YOUR EMOTIONALLY RETARDED SIDE OF YOUR INCOMPETANT PERSONALITY & IT WON'T BE THE LAST TIME !!!
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER ABOUT THE SOFFER LAW SUIT & ALLOW THE READERS TO BE THE JUDGE OF YOUR NON INFORMED IGNORANCE !!!!
YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY A LOSER AS A PERSON & PROBABLY NEED YOUR - MOMMY & DADDY TO SUPPORT YOUR NEED TO BE A CONSTANT LEACH & PARASITE !!!
PERHAPS YOU NO THE SOFFER BOY - WHO SHARES MANY OF YOUR QUALITIES & PERHAPS YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE TRYING TO LEACH OFF OF HIM !!!
HE NEEDS FRIENDS LIKE HE NEEDS AIR TO BREATHE !!
ARE YOUR FRIENDS EMBARESSED TO BE WITH YOU IN A SOCIAL SETTING - BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID YOU ARE GOING TO OPEN YOUR - RUDE - CRUDE MOUTH !!!
By info4you2see

11/7/09 at 5:54 p.m.

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That took a load off my mind. Boy, do I feel better.....
By BELAIR

11/7/09 at 7:10 p.m.

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ATTENTION INFO FOR YOU TO SEE & LOGIC_SHOULD_RULE
& ANY ONE ELSE -- THAT IS RUDE - CRUDE & THINKS THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND THERE SELFISH WISHES !!!
BELAIR IS VERY HAPPY THAT YOU ARE UNHAPPY & EFFECTED BY MY TYPING IN CAPS !!!
IT BRINGS ME GREAT PLEASURE-- TO LET YOU KNOW
YOU WILL READ MY CONTENT IN LARGE CAPS & YOU WILL LIKE IT !!! -- & HAVE I MADE MY SELF PERFECTLY CLEAR TO ALL OF THE SPOILED - SHELTERED - MONGOLOIDS THAT CAN NOT CONTROL THERE - POLITACALLY INCORRECT INFANTILE BEHAVIOUR !!!
YOU REQUIRE DISCIPLINE & OBVIOUSLY YOU WERE NEVER IN THE MILITARY & DO NOT NO WHAT THE MEANING OF THE WORD RESPECT MEANS !!!
PERHAPS A SHORT TOUR IN IRAQ - RISKING YOUR SHELTERED - SPOILED LIVES - JUST MIGHT BE THE PERFECT MEDICINE - TO HELP YOU GROW UP & STOP CRYING LIKE LITTLE SPOILED GIRLS !!!
WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP YOU WERE PROBABLY CRYING OUT TO BE DISCIPLINED BY YOUR PARENTS & WHEN THEY IGNORED YOU - YOU JUST KEPT TESTING THEM & EVENTUALLY - YOU GREW UP TO BE THE LITTLE SPOILED SUB HUMANS THAT YOU ARE TODAY !!!
BELAIR RESPECTS PEOPLE & I TREAT PEOPLE WITH THE SAME RESPECT THEY TREAT ME WITH !!!
I DO NOT FORCE MY WILL ON OTHERS & IF MY LARGE CAP TYPING BOTHERS YOU - THEN I INSIST YOU DO NOT READ MY - SUPERIOR CONTENT - COMPARED TO YOUR
IGNORANT CONTENT !!!
& EVEN IF YOUR CONTENT IS BORING & IGNORANT IT IS NOT UP TO BELAIR TO CRITISIZE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS - THAT MAKE YOU FEEL EMOTIONALLY
COMFORTABLE -- THATS CALLLED RESPECTING THE OTHER PERSONS FEELINGS - SOME THING YOU WOULD NOT NO ANY THING ABOUT - BECAUSE YOU ARE TO RUDE & CLASS LESS & CLUE LESS !!!
YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP & I AM SURE YOUR MEN FRIENDS HAVE ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT - AS WELL AS YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS !!!
MENTAL & EMOTIONAL DISEASE DOES NOT HAVE ANY GENDER OR FINANCIAL BARRIERS !!!!
THATS APPARENT BY THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU TYPED
- ALL CAPS!!! ALL CAPS!!! FROM THE ABOVE RETARDED MESSAGE YOU LEFT FOR THE WORLD TO SEE & JUDGE YOUR MENTALLY CHALLENGED STATE OF MIND - HOW SAD !!!
By geenab65

11/8/09 at 10:49 a.m.

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Wow!! A man passionately maniacal about his beliefs.

Don't be too hard on him, folks. Sometimes it's just easier to type in all caps instead of shifting back and forth. And you would be surprised at how many people don't know that ALL CAPS is actually shouting.
By cpo

11/8/09 at 11:48 a.m.

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Belair also posts under Birdiedreamin. What a nut bag
By BELAIR

11/8/09 at 4:11 p.m.

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ATTENTION -- CPO
YOU ARE A CERTIFIABLE NUT CASE FOR USING TOTAL
PROPERGANDA - WITH OUT ANY MERIT OR FOUDATION TO
STATE MALICIOUSLY -- THE ABOVE COMMENT -
THAT BELAIR ALSO POSTS UNDER BIRDIE DREAMIN !!!
BELAIR HAS DONE AN AUDIT ON ALL OF YOUR MANIACLE COMMENTS & YOU HAVE A HISTORY WITH THE
LAS VEGAS SUN - FOR DISCIPLINING YOU - REPRAMANDING YOU & REMOVING A COMMENT THAT YOU TRIED TO POST 9-11-09 -- HEADED PLANET HOLLYWOOD POKER SCAM NETS ARREST OF FOUR SUPERVISORS !!! -- UNDER REMARKS IT STATES --
THIS COMMENT WAS REMOVED BY THE SITE STAFF !!!
BELAIR COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOUR IRRESPONSIBLE MENTAL CASE STATE OF MIND MUST HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAS VEGAS SUN- TO REMOVE YOUR UNTRUE UGLY REMARKS !!!
THE NAZI'S DURING WORLD WAR TWO WERE THE GREATEST PROPONENTS OF DELIVERING UN TRUE PROPERGANDA FOR HITLERS GERMANY !!
JOSEFF GOEBELLS WAS THE HEAD OF THE PROPERGANDA MINISTRY & SAID IF YOU TELL THE LIE ENOUGH TIMES THE MASSES WILL BELIEVE IT !!!
CPO - ARE YOU A NAZI SYMPATHIZER - NEVER THE LESS YOU MUST BE STOPPED - SWITFLY & QUICKLY FROM FUTHERING YOUR OUT RAGIOUS LIES !!!
EVERY ONE ON THIS VERY GOOD & INFORMATIVE SITE COULD EVENTUALLY BE A VICTIM OF - C P O'S LIES !
THE PRICE FOR FREEDOM & FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS HIGH & THE UNITED STATES HAS NEVER SHRUNK FROM PAYING THE - HARSH PRICE WHEN CONFRONTED BY MANIACLE MANIACS !!!
BELAIR ALSO NOTES THAT YOU ARE ALSO A HIPOCRITICAL PSYCOPATHIC LIAR !!!
ON 6-13-09 YOU COMMENTED ABOUT THE SITE THAT WAS HEADED - BANK OF AMERICA WANTS CHANGE IN FONTAINEBLEAU BANKRUPTCY PLAN !!!
YOU STATE - WHAT A JOKE - A 4 BILLION DOLLAR CONDO PROJECT ON THE STRIP ECT ECT. & YOU ACT LIKE FONTAINEBLEAU HAS A CHANCE OF MAKING IT & WAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE BY THESE BANKS ECT ECT !!
YOU HAVE A VERY SELF SERVING MEMORY TO JUSTIFY YOUR FRAUDULENT - SHAM - PERSONALITY & COMMENTS !
YOUR MENTALLY RETARDED DECIET GETS EVEN BETTER !! -- ON 10-27-09 C P O COMMENTS ON A SITE THAT IS HEADED - OBAMA'S WAY MEANS - LIGHTS OUT - FOR VEGAS, WYNN SAYS !!! C P O IGNORANTLY STATES - ELAINE WYNN THE REAL BRAINS BEHIND THE WYNN CASINO EMPIRE ECT ECT. & C P O STATES IT IS ELAINE WYNN THAT REALLY RUNS THE SHOW THERE NOT - STEVE WYNN !!! HOW CRAZY & METALLY RETARDED IS THAT COMMENT !!!
C P O YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY DANGEROUS TO YOUR SELF & OTHERS & YOU NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP & ARE YOU TAKING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION TO HELP -GET YOU THRU THE DAY ???
YOU ARE PROBABLY A VERY LONELY LOSER & THE MANICLE ATTENTION THAT YOU GET FROM ANY ONE - PROABLY HELPS YOU COPE - EVEN IF IT MEANS ALIENATING YOUR SELF FROM YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY!
YOU ARE A SPECIAL CASE & DESPERATELY NEED TO BE MENTALLY HOSPITALIZED !!!
By cpo

11/9/09 at 8:03 p.m.

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Keep up the posts birdie, sorry to make you mad, but the name calling gave you a away, Obviously you have a BIRD Brain !
By BELAIR

11/10/09 at 9:49 a.m.

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ATTENTION C P O
BELAIR WILL NOT STOOP TO YOUR LOW LIFE LUNATIC
LEVELS & ACCUSE YOU OF POSTING UNDER DIFFERENT NAMES !!!
BELAIR IS HAPPY TO TAKE ALL OF THE CRITICISM
- JUSTIFIABLE OR NOT - UNDER MY BELAIR NAME !!!
YOU ARE NOW OBVIOUSLY DESPERATE - BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT DEFEND YOUR SELF HONESTLY & MUST TRY TO USE BLATANT DECEPTION - TO TAKE THE FOCUS OFF OF YOUR MANIACLE STATEMENTS !!!
YOUR SMOKE SCREEN IS VERY AMATEURISTIC & SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT YOUR IMMATURITY !!!
GROW UP & PEOPLE WILL RESPECT YOU MORE FOR HONEST INTELLIGENT COMMENTS & INPUT ON THIS VERY VALUABLE - LAS VEGAS SUN SITE !!!
LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE FOR YOUR FUTURE ACTIONS - IF YOU EVEN HAVE A CONSCIENCE!!
By logic_should_rule

11/10/09 at 9:46 p.m.

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Wow--Not just Idiots but the mentally unbalanced type in all caps too. Thanks for the examples folks!!

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