Avenatti FINALLY Going To Be Responsible For Someone Going To Prison?

[jberryhill]

8. Yes

If you read the summons, it refers to 31 USC 5322(a), which is the penalty provision for violating the regulation against unauthorized release of SARs:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5322

(a) A person willfully violating this subchapter or a regulation prescribed or order issued under this subchapter (except section 5315 or 5324 of this title or a regulation prescribed under section 5315 or 5324), or willfully violating a regulation prescribed under section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or section 123 of Public Law 91–508, shall be fined not more than $250,000, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

But, you will notice that the person confessed back in November 2018.

So, it leaves open the question of why this has remained sealed all that time, since the defendant certainly knew about the charge.

You will also recall that during Avenatti's attempt to bring his circus act to the proceedings in the SDNY, Avenatti told that court, among other things, "Mr. Cohen has presented no evidence that I ever had access to any suspicious activity reports relating to Mr. Cohen."