Prosecutors say Avenatti managed to do this by sending the literary agent a fraudulent and unauthorized letter that had Daniels’ signature. Daniels allegedly never signed the letter and was not aware it existed. In the second of four payment installments for Daniels’ book advance, the literary agent reportedly wired $148,750 into the account Avenatti controlled. Prosecutors said Avenatti used funds from another source to pay Daniels $148,750 about a month later so she wouldn’t know he used her money. Avenatti allegedly told Daniels that her publisher was refusing to make that payment, according to federal prosecutors.

Source: Huffington Post May 22, 2019 18:54 UTC