Michael Avenatti Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Tax Charges After Swindling Clients out of Millions of Dollars

Michael Avenatti Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Tax Charges After Swindling Clients out of Millions of Dollars
Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti walks out of a New York court house after pleading not guilty Tuesday in federal court, New York, on May 28, 2019. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Convicted lawyer Michael Avenatti on Thursday pleaded guilty in a federal court in Southern California to multiple fraud charges in a case in which he is accused of stealing nearly $10 million from multiple clients.

Avenatti pled guilty to four counts of wire fraud and one count of endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Code, and admitted to misappropriating funds from four of his legal clients, the Justice Department announced.

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