“One of the clients, Geoffrey Ernest Johnson, was a mentally ill paraplegic on disability who won a $4-million settlement of a suit against Los Angeles County. The money was wired to Avenatti in January 2015, but he hid it from Johnson for years, according to the indictment.” LA Times: Avenatti indicted on 36 charges of tax dodging, perjury, theft from clients. “Avenatti stole millions of dollars from five clients and used a tangled web of shell companies and bank accounts to cover up the theft.”