Regulations and Government
Feds Nab Famous Attorney's Jet
Michael Avenatti, who made headlines as the attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels against the President, had his HondaJet seized under fraud charges.
This 2016 HondaJet, registered as N227WP to Newport Beach, California-based Passport 420, was seized on Wednesday at Santa Barbara Municipal Airport by federal authorities in connection with a 36-count fraud indictment against high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti. (Photo: U.S. Department of Justice)
This 2016 HondaJet, registered as N227WP to Newport Beach, California-based Passport 420, was seized on Wednesday at Santa Barbara Municipal Airport by federal authorities in connection with a 36-count fraud indictment against high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti. (Photo: U.S. Department of Justice)

Federal agents in California on Wednesday morning seized a HondaJet belonging to high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti, as part of a grand jury indictment on a raft of fraud and tax offenses. The light twinjet, registered as N227WP to Newport Beach, California-based Passport 420, was seized at California’s Santa Barbara Municipal Airport under warrant from a federal judge and was then flown to a government contractor's aircraft storage area in Chino, according to a U.S. Department of Justice spokesman.