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Who were Scott Rothstein's victims?
On November 25, 2009, Attorney William Scherer filed a 289-page Amended Complaint seeking $100,000,000 in damages on behalf of his clients and naming Rothstein and his associates as defendants.
How did Scott Rothstein victimize the clients listed in Attorney William Scherer's Ammended Complaint?
Rothstein figured out a basic formula which was that someone with $10 million net worth was usually willing to pay $2 million in cash to pay off their mistress.

Question: Why did he do this?
Self-contained rewrite: Why did Rothstein figure out a basic formula regarding how much cash someone was usually willing to pay to pay off their mistress and tell investors?