Ex-MLBers' suit claims real estate scam

In the fall of 2007, when Rondell White's longtime financial adviser stopped by his rental apartment in Minneapolis, Minn., the newly retired Twins outfielder was skeptical. White often was. During his playing days, the 15-season MLB vet and 2003 All-Star had earned a nickname for his fiscal frugality: "No-Risk Rondell." But his adviser, Stephen E. Hill, of the New Jersey-based Kolinsky Hill Financial Group, offered a seductive description in pitching a new, multi-million-dollar real estate deal, which Hill had previously broached by phone. "A slam dunk," White and his wife, Zanovia, recall Hill saying. "A no-brainer."