Mark Levinson of Fort Lauderdale’s Levinson Jewelers, who allegedly played a supporting role in disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein’s $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, died Tuesday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

An employee of Levinson’s Jewelers confirmed the owner’s death Tuesday but declined to give specifics. Two sources said he shot himself before dawn. Fort Lauderdale police said there was no evidence of foul play where the body was found along the New River.