Manafort Spent Millions Of Hidden Money In Virginia: Indictment

ARLINGTON, VA — The federal indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Richard Gates, a colleague, includes allegations that Manafort used untaxed and unreported money to make purchases in several Virginia businesses.

The indictment says that Manafort and Gates used "scores of United States and foreign corporations, partnerships, and bank accounts," to launder money from the Ukraine while reporting to their tax preparers and to the United States that they had no such foreign bank accounts.

Also, until at least 2016, Manafort and Gates were laundering money to help cover up their work for former Ukraine President and pro-Russia strongman Viktor F. Yunakovyc, who was eventually forced to flee to Russia, according to the indictment. They are charged with concealing millions of dollars of payments from Ukraine and avoiding taxes on the income.

In total, the documents say that Gates and Manafort funneled around $75 million through their work for Ukraine.

The federal indictment also accuses Manafort of spending millions of dollars from his "hidden overseas wealth" on properties in the U.S., like a house in Arlington he bought in 2012 for $1.9 million from an account in Cyprus, WTOP reported.

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In total, Virginia is home to five of the 30-plus corporate entities Manafort and Gates used in the tax evasion and money laundering scheme, according to the indictment. They are: Daisy Manafort, LLC; DMP; Davis Manfort, Inc.; Jesand Investment Corporation; and John Hannah, LLC.

WTOP reported that Manafort spent $125,000 on Lucicle Consultants Limited in Virginia, as well as $935,000 at an antique rug store in Arlington as a part of his "lavish lifestyle in the U.S." he's accused of using the funds for.

The indictment also alleges that Manafort and Gates spent $2 million from offshore accounts to two D.C. law firms to lobby the U.S. government on behalf of foreign entities, though the companies are unnamed in the indictment.

Manafort resigned from the Trump campaign in August of 2016 after the Times reported on documents that tied the then-campaign chairman to a Ukrainian politician with Russian ties. Manafort originally joined the Trump team to help with delegate counting during the primary; he led the campaign after the ouster of the Corey Lewandowski, Trump's first campaign manager.

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