Michael Avenatti is now facing federal lawyers who claim he took part in a massive IRS scam and owes the federal government nearly half a million dollars, Politico reports.
Avenatti’s former law firm, Eagan Avenatti LLP, owes $452,000 in unpaid federal taxes. In a court hearing last month, Avenatti agreed to pay the money to the IRS, but the funds never arrived. The bombshell was revealed on Tuesday when federal officials notified the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in California that Avenatti hasn’t paid back the money he defrauded from the government.