Attorney Michael Avennati Indicted on Charges of Filing False Operat...

A 36 count indictment filed today (April 10) charged high profile California attorney Michael Avennati with a host of charges related to bank fraud, tax fraud and bankruptcy fraud.  The indictment is available here.  According to the four bankruptcy fraud charges, Avennati, submitted, under penalty of perjury, monthly operating reports on behalf of a law firm Eagan Avennati a debtor and debtor in possession, that failed to report all of the firm’s accounts receivable.  A separate count charges Avenatti with making a false oath by allegedly denying during a bankruptcy hearing that the firm had received any fees related to a lawsuit when Eagan Avenatti had actually received more than $1.3 million, which included attorney’s fees in relation to that case.