Michael Avenatti Quotes

We're carrying out a real crusade against corruption and impunity with a focus on white-collar crime.

I am tired of seeing real criminals, with lots of victims being ignored, while traditional law enforcement is busy going after perpetrators of victimless crimes such as those involved in the Silk Road Marketplace.

I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs.

The criminal law needs to be improved to meet new forms of crime, but to denounce financial devices which are useful and legitimate because use is made of them for fraud, is ridiculous and unworthy of the age in which we live.

Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney, has seen a few financial schemes in his time. As the lead local prosecutor in the world's financial capital, he has battled frauds like the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, which stole billions of dollars from investors worldwide.

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

But I can tell that once, and if, and when this issue gets to be, under real terms, investigated, you will be seeing certain people that we know from this country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally.

A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun.

The subconscious moral sense or the people has come to a distinct realization of the fact that crimes are possible in what we call high finance as they are in lower quarters.

Follow the Money

A special prosecutor follows the money and follows the lies.

We're going after the possibilities of tax fraud, insurance fraud, securities fraud. We're going to look at this stuff very closely. We have the jurisdiction, we have the resources, and we have the will.

Theft and corruption in the private sector is as bad as that in government and must be dealt with decisively by law enforcement agencies.

At the FBI, very rarely do they investigate crime under $100,000.

In the U.S., it is a crime to lie to a federal agent, and it's often this that sends people to jail over financial matters.

The government is one entity which can control fraud, both public and private.

White collar crime must be taken as seriously as any other crime.

I've prosecuted several financial crimes at the federal level and I've also defended plenty in my private practice.

You don't have to be a criminal to write about fraud!

Why do I want to remove Najib? I should have thought the whole world would know. This man steals money. Not a few hundred dollars, not a few thousand dollars - he stole billions of dollars, and that has been verified by investigations here in Malaysia and the U.S.

It is a core principle that prosecutors should charge and pursue the most serious readily provable offense.

I love doing bank robberies, drug cases, homicides - as a prosecutor, that's what I thought I was going to be overseeing when I got to the bureau.

I come from a state where four governors have gone to jail since I've been alive. Two of my last four predecessors in this seat went to jail or are going to jail.

The role of the federal prosecutor and the purpose of a criminal investigation are well-defined.