Before sentencing Thursday, a federal prosecutor told a judge that disbarred attorney Stuart Rosenfeldt may have been ignorant of law partner’s Scott Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme but his associated crimes set up “dominoes” that allowed the $1.2 billion scam to flourish.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lawrence LaVecchio said Rosenfeldt’s check-kiting at Fort Lauderdale’s Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm freed up money for Rothstein to keep the fraud going.