SDNY News Clips, Wednesday, February 12, 2020

SDNY News Clips, Wednesday, February 12, 2020 SDNY News Clips Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Contents Public Corruption 2 Avenatti 2 Epstein 3 Violent and Organized Crime 5 Ray 5 Gomez 9 Berry 10 Securities and Commodities Fraud 11 Madoff 11 General Crimes 13 Reynolds and Cohen 13 Money Laundering and Transnational Criminal Enterprises 14 Ackerman 14 Matters of Interest 16 Stone 16 Weinstein 25 1 EFTA00094540 SDNY News Clips, Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Public Corruption Avenatti Michael Avenatti jury deliberations begin in Nike case Fox News By Marta Dhanis 2/12/2020 Attorney Michael Avenatti's future is now in the jury's hands in the Nike-related extortion and fraud case. The disgraced lawyer is accused of trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike by threatening to go public with evidence that the company had paid off the families of young NBA-bound athletes. At 11:31 am, federal Judge Paul Gardephe sent a group of six women and six m