Michael Avenatti was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for embezzling millions in settlement money from unsuspecting clients.
Senior U.S. District Court Judge James V. Selna levied the latest punishment in a courtroom in Santa Ana, California, saying the former lawyer “has done great evil for which he must answer,” according to a. The judge said the new term must run consecutive to Avenatti’s five-year sentence in New York. The disgraced lawyer also must pay $10,810,709 in restitution to four clients and the IRS.
Prosecutors had asked Judge Selna to slap Avenatti with 17 ½ years in prison for what many have considered the fallen lawyer’s most serious criminal case in terms of the number of alleged victims, possible prison exposure, and total career annihilation. It was last June that Avenatti pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud and one count of obstructing the IRS in the California-based case. The move was a bid to end his prosecution under a 36-count indictment involving allegations he stole $12.35 million from clients, neglected to pay $1.6 million in payroll taxes for his Southern California-based law firm, and failed to pay some $3.
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