Civil Litigation
Apr. 12, 2019
Avenatti indicted and jet is seized
Michael J. Avenatti bilked clients to fund a lavish lifestyle built on a Ponzi scheme of bank fraud, tax evasion and perjury, alleges an indictment handed down Thursday containing 36 fresh felony charges against the beleaguered attorney.
LOS ANGELES -- Michael J. Avenatti bilked clients to fund a lavish lifestyle built on a Ponzi scheme of bank fraud, tax evasion and perjury, alleges an indictment handed down Thursday containing 36 fresh felony charges against the beleaguered attorney.
Nicola T. "Nick" Hanna, U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, announced the indictment about the same time Avenatti appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court for a ...
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