The high-profile attorney could face a maximum of 335 years in prison.
Among the many charges in the 61-page indictment is the allegation that Avenatti stole millions of dollars from four clients, including Geoffrey Ernest Johnson. The mentally ill and paraplegic man received a $4 million settlement in 2015 that Avenatti is accused of concealing from him for years.
Avenatti also allegedly stole from another client's settlement payment in 2017 and used the money to purchase an airplane, ostensibly for one of his private businesses. Federal authorities seized the jet on Wednesday. "These four areas of criminal conduct alleged in the indictment are all linked to one another because money generated from one set of crimes appears in other sets – typically in the form of payments to lull victims and to prevent Mr. Avenatti’s financial house of cards from collapsing,” United States Attorney Nick Hanna said Thursday.
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