Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190 Filed 02/22/18 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III, Crim. No. 17-201 (ABJ) Defendants. STATUS REPORT The United States of America, by and through Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III, respectfully submits this status report to apprise the Court of a recent development related to this matter. 1. On Thursday, February 22, 2018, a grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Virginia, filed a 32-count indictment charging defendants Paul J. Manafort, Jr., and Richard W. Gates III as follows: Count 1 2 3 4 5 Charge Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2010) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2011) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2012) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2013) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2014) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Defendant Manafort Manafort Manafort Manafort Manafort Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190 Filed 02/22/18 Page 2 of 4 Count 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Charge Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income (2010) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)) Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income (2011) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)) Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income (2012) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)) Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income (2013) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)) Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income (2014) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)) Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2011) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2012) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2013) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2014) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2010) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2011) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2012) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2013) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns 2 Defendant Gates Gates Gates Gates Gates Manafort Manafort Manafort Manafort Gates Gates Gates Gates Gates Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190 Filed 02/22/18 Page 3 of 4 Count 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2. Charge (2014) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Subscribing to a False Amended United States Individual Income Tax Return (2013) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2011) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2012) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2013) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) Bank Fraud Conspiracy (Lender B/$3.4 million loan) (18 U.S.C. § 1349) Bank Fraud (Lender B/$3.4 million loan) (18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2) Bank Fraud Conspiracy (Lender C / $1 million loan) (18 U.S.C. § 1349) Bank Fraud (Lender C / $1 million loan) (18 U.S.C. § 1344, 2) Bank Fraud Conspiracy (Lender B / $5.5 million loan) (18 U.S.C. § 1349) Bank Fraud Conspiracy (Lender D / $9.5 million loan (18 U.S.C. § 1349) Bank Fraud (Lender D / $9.5 million loan) (18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2) Bank Fraud Conspiracy (Lender D / $6.5 million loan) (18 U.S.C. § 1349) Bank Fraud (Lender D / $6.5 million loan) (18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2) Defendant Gates Gates Gates Gates Manafort Gates Manafort Gates Manafort Gates Manafort Gates Manafort Gates Manafort Gates Manafort Gates Manafort Gates Manafort Gates A copy of the indictment returned in the Eastern District of Virginia is attached (redacted to omit the signature of the foreperson). 3. The Special Counsel’s Office proceeded before the Grand Jury in the Eastern District of Virginia because, based on our current evidence, venue for these charges does not exist in the District of Columbia. Prior to instituting this criminal action, the Special Counsel’s Office met with defense counsel to go over the proof underlying the bank fraud charges (the tax charges 3 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190 Filed 02/22/18 Page 4 of 4 were already the subject of charges before this Court) and to provide counsel an opportunity to present any arguments as to why these charges should not be brought. The Special Counsel's Office also alerted defense counsel for each defendant that the government was prepared to bring all of the charges before a Grand Jury in the District of Columbia, if the defendants were willing to waive venue (since otherwise we could not do so legally). If venue had been waived, the defendants would have faced a single indictment in one district, and not two indictments in adjacent districts. One defendant elected, as is his right, not to waive venue. The Special Counsel's Office accordingly has proceeded in the Eastern District of Virginia. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT S. MUELLER III Dated: February 22, 2018 By: ~ Andrew Weissmann Greg D. Andres (D.D.C. Bar No. 459221) Kyle R. Freeny U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel' s Office 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 Telephone: (202) 616-0800 Attorneys for the United States ofAmerica 4 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 1 of 37 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., (Counts 1 through 5, 11 through 14, and 24 through 32) and RICHARD W. GATES III, (Counts 6 through 10 and 15 through 32) Defendants. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CRIMINAL NO. 1:18 Cr. 83 (TSE)(S-1) COUNTS 1–5: 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq. Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns COUNTS 6–10: 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2); 18 U.S.C. § 3551 et seq. Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income COUNTS 11–14: 31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq. Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts COUNTS 15–19: 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq. Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns COUNT 20: 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq. Subscribing to a False Amended United States Individual Income Tax Return COUNTS 21–23: 31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq. Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts COUNT 24: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1349 and 3551 et seq. Bank Fraud Conspiracy COUNT 25: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2, and 3551 et seq. Bank Fraud Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 2 of 37 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ******* COUNT 26: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1349 and 3551 et seq. Bank Fraud Conspiracy COUNTS 27: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2, and 3551 et seq. Bank Fraud COUNT 28–29: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1349 and 3551 et seq. Bank Fraud Conspiracy COUNT 30: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2, and 3551 et seq. Bank Fraud COUNT 31: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1349 and 3551 et seq. Bank Fraud Conspiracy COUNT 32: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2, and 3551 et seq. Bank Fraud FORFEITURE NOTICE SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT February 2018 Term – At Alexandria, Virginia THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT: Introduction At all times relevant to this Superseding Indictment: 1. Defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR. (MANAFORT) and RICHARD W. GATES III (GATES) served for years as political consultants and lobbyists. Between at least 2006 and 2015, 2 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 3 of 37 MANAFORT and GATES acted as unregistered agents of a foreign government and foreign political parties. Specifically, they represented the Government of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine (Victor Yanukovych, who was President from 2010 to 2014), the Party of Regions (a Ukrainian political party led by Yanukovych), and the Opposition Bloc (a successor to the Party of Regions after Yanukovych fled to Russia). 2. MANAFORT and GATES generated tens of millions of dollars in income as a result of their Ukraine work. From approximately 2006 through the present, MANAFORT and GATES engaged in a scheme to hide income from United States authorities, while enjoying the use of the money. During the first part of the scheme between approximately 2006 and 2015, MANAFORT, with GATES’ assistance, failed to pay taxes on this income by disguising it as alleged “loans” from nominee offshore corporate entities and by making millions of dollars in unreported payments from foreign accounts to bank accounts they controlled and United States vendors. MANAFORT also used the offshore accounts to purchase United States real estate, and MANAFORT and GATES used the undisclosed income to make improvements to and refinance their United States properties. 3. In the second part of the scheme, between approximately 2015 and at least January 2017, when the Ukraine income dwindled after Yanukovych fled to Russia, MANAFORT, with the assistance of GATES, extracted money from MANAFORT’s United States real estate by, among other things, using those properties as collateral to obtain loans from multiple financial institutions. MANAFORT and GATES fraudulently secured more than twenty million dollars in loans by falsely inflating MANAFORT’s and his company’s income and by failing to disclose existing debt in order to qualify for the loans. 4. In furtherance of the scheme, MANAFORT and GATES funneled millions of dollars in 3 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 4 of 37 payments into numerous foreign nominee companies and bank accounts, opened by them and their accomplices in nominee names and in various foreign countries, including Cyprus, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines (Grenadines), and the Seychelles. MANAFORT and GATES hid the existence and ownership of the foreign companies and bank accounts, falsely and repeatedly reporting to their tax preparers and to the United States that they had no foreign bank accounts. 5. In furtherance of the scheme, MANAFORT used his hidden overseas wealth to enjoy a lavish lifestyle in the United States, without paying taxes on that income. MANAFORT, without reporting the income to his tax preparer or the United States, spent millions of dollars on luxury goods and services for himself and his extended family through payments wired from offshore nominee accounts to United States vendors. MANAFORT also used these offshore accounts to purchase multi-million dollar properties in the United States and to improve substantially another property owned by his family. 6. In furtherance of the scheme, GATES used millions of dollars from these offshore accounts to pay for his personal expenses, including his mortgage, children’s tuition, and interior decorating and refinancing of his Virginia residence. 7. In total, more than $75,000,000 flowed through the offshore accounts. MANAFORT, with the assistance of GATES, laundered more than $30,000,000, income that he concealed from the United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Department of Justice, and others. GATES obtained more than $3,000,000 from the offshore accounts, income that he too concealed from the Treasury, the Department of Justice, and others. 4 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 5 of 37 Relevant Individuals And Entities 8. MANAFORT was a United States citizen. He resided in homes in Virginia, Florida, and Long Island, New York. 9. GATES was a United States citizen. He resided in Virginia. 10. In 2005, MANAFORT and another partner created Davis Manafort Partners, Inc. (DMP) to engage principally in political consulting. DMP had staff in the United States, Ukraine, and Russia. In 2011, MANAFORT created DMP International, LLC (DMI) to engage in work for foreign clients, in particular political consulting, lobbying, and public relations for the Government of Ukraine, the Party of Regions, and members of the Party of Regions. DMI was a partnership solely owned by MANAFORT and his spouse. GATES worked for both DMP and DMI and served as MANAFORT’s right-hand man. 11. The Party of Regions was a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine. Beginning in approximately 2006, it retained MANAFORT, through DMP and then DMI, to advance its interests in Ukraine, the United States, and elsewhere, including the election of its slate of candidates. In 2010, its candidate for President, Yanukovych, was elected President of Ukraine. In 2014, Yanukovych fled Ukraine for Russia in the wake of popular protests of widespread governmental corruption. Yanukovych, the Party of Regions, and the Government of Ukraine were MANAFORT, DMP, and DMI clients. 12. MANAFORT and GATES owned or controlled the following entities, which were used in the scheme (the MANAFORT–GATES entities): Domestic Entities Entity Name Date Created Incorporation Location Bade LLC (RG) January 2012 Delaware 5 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 6 of 37 Entity Name Date Created Incorporation Location August 2008 Virginia March 2011 Florida March 2007 Delaware March 2005 Virginia March 2011 Florida October 1999 Delaware November 1999 Virginia June 2011 Delaware March 2012 Florida Global Sites LLC (PM, RG) July 2008 Delaware Jemina LLC (RG) July 2008 Delaware Jesand Investment Corporation (PM) April 2002 Virginia Jesand Investments Corporation (PM) March 2011 Florida April 2006 Virginia March 2011 Florida Jupiter Holdings Management, LLC (RG) January 2011 Delaware Lilred, LLC (PM) December 2011 Florida LOAV Ltd. (PM) April 1992 Delaware MC Brooklyn Holdings, LLC (PM) November 2012 New York January 2012 Florida April 2012 New York July 2008 Delaware Daisy Manafort, LLC (PM) Davis Manafort International LLC (PM) DMP (PM) Davis Manafort, Inc. (PM) DMI (PM) John Hannah, LLC (PM) MC Soho Holdings, LLC (PM) Smythson LLC (also known as Symthson LLC) (PM, RG) 6 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 7 of 37 Cypriot Entities Entity Name Date Created Incorporation Location Actinet Trading Limited (PM, RG) May 2009 Cyprus Black Sea View Limited (PM, RG) August 2007 Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited (PM, RG) October 2010 Cyprus Cavenari Investments Limited (RG) December 2007 Cyprus Global Highway Limited (PM, RG) August 2007 Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited (PM, RG) August 2007 Cyprus LOAV Advisors Limited (PM, RG) Cyprus August 2007 Lucicle Consultants Limited (PM, RG) December 2008 Cyprus Marziola Holdings Limited (PM) March 2012 Cyprus Olivenia Trading Limited (PM, RG) March 2012 Cyprus Peranova Holdings Limited (Peranova) June 2007 (PM, RG) Cyprus Serangon Holdings Limited (PM, RG) January 2008 Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited (PM) February 2008 Cyprus Other Foreign Entities Entity Name Date Created Incorporation Location Global Endeavour Inc. (also known as Global Endeavor Inc.) (PM) Unknown Grenadines Jeunet Ltd. (PM) August 2011 Grenadines Pompolo Limited (PM, RG) April 2013 United Kingdom 7 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 8 of 37 13. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was a bureau in the Treasury responsible for administering the tax laws of the United States and collecting taxes owed to the Treasury. The Tax Scheme MANAFORT And GATES’ Wiring Money From Offshore Accounts Into The United States 14. In order to use the money in the offshore nominee accounts of the MANAFORT–GATES entities without paying taxes on it, MANAFORT and GATES caused millions of dollars in wire transfers from these accounts to be made for goods, services, and real estate. They did not report these transfers as income. 15. From 2008 to 2014, MANAFORT caused the following wires, totaling over $12,000,000, to be sent to the vendors listed below for personal items. MANAFORT did not pay taxes on this income, which was used to make the purchases. Payee Vendor A (Home Improvement Company in the Hamptons, New York) Transaction Date 6/10/2008 6/25/2008 7/7/2008 8/5/2008 9/2/2008 10/6/2008 10/24/2008 11/20/2008 12/22/2008 1/14/2009 1/29/2009 2/25/2009 4/16/2009 5/7/2009 5/12/2009 6/1/2009 6/18/2009 7/31/2009 Originating Account Holder LOAV Advisors Limited LOAV Advisors Limited LOAV Advisors Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited 8 Country of Origination Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Amount of Transaction $107,000 $23,500 $20,000 $59,000 $272,000 $109,000 $107,800 $77,400 $100,000 $9,250 $97,670 $108,100 $94,394 $54,000 $9,550 $86,650 $34,400 $106,000 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 9 of 37 Payee Transaction Date 8/28/2009 9/23/2009 10/26/2009 11/18/2009 3/8/2010 5/11/2010 7/8/2010 7/23/2010 8/12/2010 9/2/2010 10/6/2010 10/14/2010 10/18/2010 12/16/2010 2/7/2011 3/22/2011 4/4/2011 5/3/2011 5/16/2011 5/31/2011 6/27/2011 7/27/2011 10/24/2011 10/25/2011 11/15/2011 11/23/2011 11/29/2011 12/12/2011 1/17/2012 1/20/2012 2/9/2012 2/23/2012 2/28/2012 3/28/2012 4/18/2012 5/15/2012 6/5/2012 6/19/2012 Originating Account Holder Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Leviathan Advisors Limited Leviathan Advisors Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Global Highway Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Leviathan Advisors Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Leviathan Advisors Limited Leviathan Advisors Limited Global Highway Limited Leviathan Advisors Limited Leviathan Advisors Limited Leviathan Advisors Limited Leviathan Advisors Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Leviathan Advisors Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Global Highway Limited Peranova Lucicle Consultants Limited Lucicle Consultants Limited Lucicle Consultants Limited Lucicle Consultants Limited 9 Country of Origination Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Amount of Transaction $37,000 $203,500 $38,800 $130,906 $124,000 $25,000 $28,000 $26,500 $138,900 $31,500 $67,600 $107,600 $31,500 $46,160 $36,500 $26,800 $195,000 $95,000 $6,500 $70,000 $39,900 $95,000 $22,000 $9,300 $74,000 $22,300 $6,100 $17,800 $29,800 $42,600 $22,300 $75,000 $22,300 $37,500 $50,000 $79,000 $45,000 $11,860 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 10 of 37 Payee Vendor B (Home Automation, Lighting and Home Entertainment Company in Florida) Transaction Date 7/9/2012 7/18/2012 8/7/2012 9/27/2012 11/20/2012 12/20/2012 1/29/2013 3/12/2013 8/29/2013 11/13/2013 11/26/2013 12/6/2013 12/12/2013 4/22/2014 8/18/2014 3/22/2011 3/28/2011 4/27/2011 5/16/2011 11/15/2011 11/23/2011 2/28/2012 10/31/2012 12/17/2012 1/15/2013 1/24/2013 2/12/2013 2/26/2013 7/15/2013 11/5/2013 Vendor C (Antique Rug Store in Alexandria, Virginia) 10/7/2008 3/17/2009 4/16/2009 4/27/2009 5/7/2009 Originating Account Country of Holder Origination Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines Grenadines Global Endeavour Inc. Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines Grenadines Global Endeavour Inc. Vendor A Total Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus United Pompolo Limited Kingdom Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines Vendor B Total Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus 10 Amount of Transaction $10,800 $88,000 $48,800 $100,000 $298,000 $55,000 $149,000 $375,000 $200,000 $75,000 $80,000 $130,000 $90,000 $56,293 $34,660 $5,434,793 $12,000 $25,000 $12,000 $25,000 $17,006 $11,000 $6,200 $290,000 $160,600 $194,000 $6,300 $51,600 $260,000 $175,575 $73,000 $1,319,281 $15,750 $46,200 $7,400 $65,000 $210,000 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 11 of 37 Payee Vendor D (Related to Vendor C) Vendor E (Men’s Clothing Store in New York) Transaction Originating Account Date Holder 7/15/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited 3/31/2010 Yiakora Ventures Limited 6/16/2010 Global Highway Limited 2/28/2012 Global Highway Limited 11/7/2008 2/5/2009 4/27/2009 10/26/2009 3/30/2010 5/11/2010 6/28/2010 8/12/2010 11/17/2010 2/7/2011 3/22/2011 3/28/2011 4/27/2011 6/30/2011 9/26/2011 11/2/2011 12/12/2011 2/9/2012 2/28/2012 3/14/2012 4/18/2012 5/15/2012 6/19/2012 8/7/2012 11/20/2012 12/20/2012 1/15/2013 2/12/2013 2/26/2013 9/3/2013 Country of Origination Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Vendor C Total Cyprus Vendor D Total Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines 11 Amount of Transaction $200,000 $140,000 $250,000 $934,350 $100,000 $100,000 $32,000 $22,750 $13,500 $32,500 $15,000 $39,000 $5,000 $32,500 $11,500 $24,000 $43,600 $12,000 $3,000 $24,500 $12,000 $26,700 $46,000 $2,800 $16,000 $8,000 $48,550 $7,000 $21,600 $15,500 $10,900 $7,500 $37,000 $7,000 $39,000 $81,500 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 12 of 37 Payee Transaction Date 10/15/2013 11/26/2013 4/24/2014 9/11/2014 Vendor F (Landscaper in the Hamptons, New York) 4/27/2009 5/12/2009 6/1/2009 6/18/2009 9/21/2009 5/11/2010 6/28/2010 7/23/2010 9/2/2010 10/6/2010 10/18/2010 12/16/2010 3/22/2011 5/3/2011 6/1/2011 7/27/2011 8/16/2011 9/19/2011 10/24/2011 11/2/2011 Vendor G (Antique Dealer in New York) 9/2/2010 10/18/2010 2/28/2012 3/14/2012 2/26/2013 Vendor H (Clothing Store in Beverly Hills, California) 6/25/2008 12/16/2008 12/22/2008 8/12/2009 5/11/2010 11/17/2010 Originating Account Holder Global Endeavour Inc. Global Endeavour Inc. Global Endeavour Inc. Global Endeavour Inc. Country of Origination Grenadines Grenadines Grenadines Grenadines Vendor E Total Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Vendor F Total Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Vendor G Total LOAV Advisors Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus 12 Amount of Transaction $53,000 $13,200 $26,680 $58,435 $849,215 $34,000 $45,700 $21,500 $29,000 $21,800 $44,000 $50,000 $19,000 $21,000 $57,700 $26,000 $20,000 $50,000 $40,000 $44,000 $27,000 $13,450 $12,000 $42,000 $37,350 $655,500 $165,000 $165,000 $190,600 $75,000 $28,310 $623,910 $52,000 $49,000 $10,260 $76,400 $85,000 $128,280 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 13 of 37 Payee Vendor I (Investment Company) Transaction Originating Account Country of Date Holder Origination 5/31/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus 11/15/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus 12/17/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Vendor H Total 9/3/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Vendor J (Contractor in Florida) 11/15/2011 12/5/2011 12/21/2011 2/9/2012 5/17/2012 6/19/2012 7/18/2012 9/19/2012 11/30/2012 1/9/2013 2/28/2013 Vendor K (Landscaper in the Hamptons, New York) 12/5/2011 3/1/2012 6/6/2012 6/25/2012 6/27/2012 2/12/2013 7/15/2013 11/26/2013 Vendor L (Payments Relating to Three Range Rovers) Vendor M 4/12/2012 5/2/2012 Grenadines Vendor I Total Global Highway Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Black Sea View Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Vendor J Total Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus United Pompolo Limited Kingdom Grenadines Global Endeavour Inc. Vendor K Total Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus 6/29/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Vendor L Total 11/20/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus 12/7/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus 13 Amount of Transaction $64,000 $48,000 $7,500 $520,440 $500,000 $500,000 $8,000 $11,237 $20,000 $51,000 $68,000 $60,000 $32,250 $112,000 $39,700 $25,600 $4,700 $432,487 $4,115 $50,000 $47,800 $17,900 $18,900 $3,300 $13,325 $9,400 $164,740 $83,525 $12,525 $67,655 $163,705 $45,000 $21,000 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 14 of 37 Payee (Contractor in Virginia) Vendor N (Audio, Video, and Control System Home Integration and Installation Company in the Hamptons, New York) Transaction Date 12/17/2012 1/17/2013 1/29/2013 2/12/2013 1/29/2009 3/17/2009 4/16/2009 12/2/2009 3/8/2010 4/23/2010 Originating Account Country of Holder Origination Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Vendor M Total Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus 7/29/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Vendor N Total Vendor O (Purchase of Mercedes Benz) 10/5/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Vendor O Total Vendor P (Purchase of Range Rover) Vendor Q (Property Management Company in South Carolina) 12/30/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited 9/2/2010 10/6/2010 10/18/2010 2/8/2011 Vendor P Total Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus 2/9/2012 Global Highway Limited Vendor R (Art Gallery in Florida) Vendor S Cyprus 2/9/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus Vendor Q Total Cyprus Amount of Transaction $21,000 $18,750 $9,400 $10,500 $125,650 $10,000 $21,725 $24,650 $10,000 $20,300 $8,500 $17,650 $112,825 $62,750 $62,750 $47,000 $47,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $13,500 $2,500 $46,000 $17,900 2/14/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $14,000 Vendor R Total 9/26/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus 9/19/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $31,900 $5,000 $5,000 14 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 15 of 37 Transaction Date Payee (Housekeeping in New York) 16. Originating Account Holder Country of Origination 10/9/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Amount of Transaction Grenadines $10,000 Vendor S Total $20,000 In 2012, MANAFORT caused the following wires to be sent to the entities listed below to purchase the real estate also listed below. MANAFORT did not report the money used to make these purchases on his 2012 tax return. Property Purchased Payee Howard Street DMP Condominium International (New York) LLC Union Street Brownstone, (New York) Attorney Account Of [Real Estate Attorney] Arlington House (Virginia) Real Estate Trust Originating Account Date 2/1/2012 Peranova Actinet Trading Limited Actinet Trading 11/29/2012 Limited 11/29/2012 8/31/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Country of Origin Amount Cyprus $1,500,000 Cyprus $1,800,000 Cyprus $1,200,000 Cyprus $1,900,000 Total 17. $6,400,000 MANAFORT and GATES also disguised, as purported “loans,” more than $10 million transferred from Cypriot entities, including the overseas MANAFORT–GATES entities, to domestic entities owned by MANAFORT. For example, a $1.5 million wire from Peranova to DMI that MANAFORT used to purchase real estate on Howard Street in Manhattan, New York, was recorded as a “loan” from Peranova to DMI, rather than as income. The following loans were shams designed to reduce fraudulently MANAFORT’s reported taxable income. 15 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 16 of 37 Year Payor / Ostensible “Lender” 2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited 2008 2009 2009 2012 2014 2015 Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Peranova Telmar Investments Ltd. Telmar Investments Ltd. 18. Payee / Ostensible “Borrower” Jesand Investment Corporation DMP DMP Daisy Manafort, LLC DMI DMI DMI Country of Origin Total Amount of “Loans” Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Total $8,120,000 $500,000 $694,000 $500,000 $1,500,000 $900,000 $1,000,000 $13,214,000 From 2010 to 2014, GATES caused the following wires, totaling more than $3,000,000, to be sent to entities and bank accounts of which he was a beneficial owner or he otherwise controlled. GATES did not report this income on his tax returns. Payee Richard Gates United Kingdom Bank Account A Richard Gates United Kingdom Bank Account B Richard Gates United States Bank Account C Jemina LLC United States Bank Account D Richard Gates United Kingdom Bank Account B Richard Gates United Kingdom Bank Account B Transaction Date 3/26/2010 4/20/2010 5/6/2010 9/7/2010 Originating Account Holder Serangon Holdings Limited Serangon Holdings Limited Serangon Holdings Limited Serangon Holdings Limited Country of Origination Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Amount of Transaction $85,000 $50,000 $150,000 $160,000 10/13/2010 Serangon Holdings Limited Cyprus $15,000 9/27/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $50,000 2010 Tax Year Total $510,000 9/9/2011 Peranova Cyprus $48,500 12/16/2011 Peranova Cyprus $100,435 1/9/2012 1/13/2012 2/29/2012 3/27/2012 2011 Tax Year Total Global Highway Limited Cyprus Peranova Cyprus Global Highway Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus 16 $148,935 $100,000 $100,435 $28,500 $18,745 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 17 of 37 Payee Richard Gates United Kingdom Bank Account B Transaction Date 4/26/2012 5/30/2012 5/30/2012 6/27/2012 8/2/2012 8/30/2012 9/27/2012 10/31/2012 11/20/2012 11/30/2012 12/21/2012 12/28/2012 1/11/2013 1/22/2013 1/30/2013 2/22/2013 2/28/2013 3/1/2013 3/15/2013 4/15/2013 4/26/2013 5/17/2013 5/30/2013 6/13/2013 8/7/2013 Jemina LLC United States Bank Account D 9/6/2013 9/13/2013 7/8/2013 9/4/2013 10/22/2013 11/12/2013 12/20/2013 Jemina LLC United States Bank Account D 2/10/2014 4/29/2014 10/6/2014 Originating Account Country of Holder Origination Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus 2012 Tax Year Total Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus Olivenia Trading Limited Cyprus Actinet Trading Limited Cyprus Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus United Pompolo Limited Kingdom Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus Cypriot Agent Cyprus Marziola Holdings Limited Cyprus Marziola Holdings Limited Cyprus Cypriot Agent Cyprus Cypriot Agent Cyprus Cypriot Agent Cyprus 2013 Tax Year Total Cypriot Agent Cyprus Cypriot Agent Cyprus Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines 17 Amount of Transaction $26,455 $15,000 $14,650 $18,745 $28,745 $38,745 $32,345 $46,332 $48,547 $38,532 $47,836 $47,836 $651,448 $47,836 $34,783 $46,583 $46,233 $46,583 $42,433 $37,834 $59,735 $48,802 $57,798 $45,622 $76,343 $250,784 $68,500 $179,216 $72,500 $89,807 $119,844 $80,000 $90,000 $1,541,237 $60,044 $44,068 $65,000 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 18 of 37 Payee Bade LLC United States Bank Account E Transaction Date Originating Account Holder 11/25/2014 Global Endeavour Inc. Country of Origination Grenadines 2014 Tax Year Total Amount of Transaction $120,000 $289,112 MANAFORT And GATES’ Hiding Foreign Bank Accounts And False Filings 19. United States citizens who have authority over certain foreign bank accounts—whether or not the accounts are set up in the names of nominees who act for their principals—have reporting obligations to the United States. 20. First, the Bank Secrecy Act and its implementing regulations require United States citizens to report to the Treasury any financial interest in, or signatory authority over, any bank account or other financial account held in foreign countries, for every calendar year in which the aggregate balance of all such foreign accounts exceeds $10,000 at any point during the year. This is commonly known as a foreign bank account report or “FBAR.” The Bank Secrecy Act requires these reports because they have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, or regulatory investigations or proceedings. The Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is the custodian for FBAR filings, and FinCEN provides access to its FBAR database to law enforcement entities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The reports filed by individuals and businesses are used by law enforcement to identify, detect, and deter money laundering that furthers criminal enterprise activity, tax evasion, and other unlawful activities. 21. Second, United States citizens also are obligated to report information to the IRS regarding foreign bank accounts. For instance, in 2010, Schedule B of IRS Form 1040 had a “Yes” or “No” box to record an answer to the question: “At any time during [the calendar year], did you have an interest in or a signature or other authority over a financial account in a foreign country, such as a 18 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 19 of 37 bank account, securities account, or other financial account?” If the answer was “Yes,” then the form required the taxpayer to enter the name of the foreign country in which the financial account was located. 22. For each year in or about and between 2008 through at least 2014, MANAFORT had authority over foreign accounts that required an FBAR filing. Specifically, MANAFORT was required to report to the Treasury each foreign bank account held by the foreign MANAFORT– GATES entities noted above in paragraph 12 that bears the initials PM. No FBAR filings were made by MANAFORT for these accounts. 23. For each year in or about and between 2010 through at least 2013, GATES had authority over foreign accounts that required an FBAR filing. Specifically, GATES was required to report to the United States Treasury each foreign bank account held by the foreign MANAFORT– GATES entities noted above in paragraph 12 that bears the initials RG, as well as United Kingdom Bank Accounts A and B noted in paragraph 18. No FBAR filings were made by GATES for these accounts. 24. Furthermore, in each of MANAFORT’s tax filings for 2008 through 2014, MANAFORT, with the assistance of GATES, represented falsely that he did not have authority over any foreign bank accounts. MANAFORT and GATES had repeatedly and falsely represented in writing to MANAFORT’s tax preparer that MANAFORT had no authority over foreign bank accounts, knowing that such false representations would result in false tax filings in MANAFORT’s name. For instance, on October 4, 2011, MANAFORT’s tax preparer asked MANAFORT in writing: “At any time during 2010, did you [or your wife or children] have an interest in or a signature or other authority over a financial account in a foreign country, such as a bank account, securities account or other financial account?” On the same day, MANAFORT falsely responded “NO.” 19 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 20 of 37 MANAFORT responded the same way as recently as October 3, 2016, when MANAFORT’s tax preparer again emailed the question in connection with the preparation of MANAFORT’s tax returns: “Foreign bank accounts etc.?” MANAFORT responded on or about the same day: “NONE.” 25. In each of GATES’ tax filings for 2010 through 2013, GATES represented falsely that he did not have authority over any foreign bank accounts. GATES had repeatedly and falsely represented to his tax preparers that he had no authority over foreign bank accounts, knowing that such false representations would result in false tax filings. As recently as October 2017, in preparation for his amended 2013 tax filing, GATES was asked by his tax preparer: “Did you have any foreign assets/bank accounts during 2013 or 2014?” to which he responded “no.” The Financial Institution Scheme 26. Between in or around 2015 and the present, both dates being approximate and inclusive, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, MANAFORT, GATES, and others devised and intended to devise, and executed and attempted to execute, a scheme and artifice to defraud, and to obtain money and property, by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, from banks and other financial institutions. As part of the scheme, MANAFORT and GATES repeatedly provided and caused to be provided false information to banks and other lenders, among others. MANAFORT And GATES’ Fraud To Access Offshore Money 27. When they were flush with Ukraine funds, MANAFORT, with the assistance of GATES, used their offshore accounts to purchase and improve real estate in the United States. When the income from Ukraine dwindled in 2014 and 2015, MANAFORT, with the assistance of GATES, obtained millions of dollars in mortgages on the United States properties, thereby allowing 20 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 21 of 37 MANAFORT to have the benefits of liquid income without paying taxes on it. MANAFORT and GATES defrauded the lenders in various ways, including by lying about MANAFORT’s and DMI’s income, lying about their debt, and lying about MANAFORT’s use of the property and the loan proceeds. For example, MANAFORT and GATES submitted fabricated profit and loss statements (P&Ls) that inflated income, and they caused others to provide doctored financial documents. A. The Loan From Lender A On The Union Street Property 28. In 2012, MANAFORT, through a corporate vehicle called “MC Brooklyn Holdings, LLC” owned by him and his family, bought a brownstone on Union Street in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, New York. He paid approximately $3,000,000 in cash for the property. All of that money came from a MANAFORT–GATES entity in Cyprus. After purchase of the property, MANAFORT began renovations to transform it from a multi-family dwelling into a single-family home. MANAFORT used proceeds of a 2015 loan obtained from a financial institution to make the renovations. In order to obtain that loan, MANAFORT falsely represented to the bank that he did not derive more than 50% of his income/wealth from a country outside the United States. 29. In late 2015 through early 2016, MANAFORT sought to borrow cash against the Union Street property from Lender A. Lender A provided greater loan amounts for “construction loans”—that is, loans that required the loan funds to be used to pay solely for construction on the property and thus increase the value of the property serving as the loan’s collateral. The institution would thus loan money against the expected completed value of the property, which in the case of the Union Street property was estimated to be $8,000,000. In early 2016, MANAFORT was able to obtain a loan of approximately $5,000,000, after promising Lender A that approximately $1,400,000 of the loan would be used solely for construction on the Union Street property. 21 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 22 of 37 MANAFORT never intended to limit use of the proceeds to construction as required by the loan contracts and never did. In December 2015, before the loan was made, MANAFORT wrote his tax preparer, among others, that the “construction mortgage will allow me to pay back [another Manafort apartment] mortgage in full. . . .” Further, when the construction loan closed, MANAFORT used hundreds of thousands of dollars for purposes unrelated to the construction of the property. B. The Loan From Lender B On The Howard Street Property 30. In 2012, MANAFORT, through a corporate vehicle called “MC Soho Holdings, LLC” owned by him and his family, bought a condominium on Howard Street in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. He paid approximately $2,850,000. All the money used to purchase the condominium came from MANAFORT–GATES entities in Cyprus. MANAFORT used the property from at least January 2015 through at least August 2017 as an income-generating rental property, charging thousands of dollars a week on Airbnb, among other places. On his tax returns, MANAFORT took advantage of the beneficial tax consequences of owning this rental property. 31. In late 2015 through early 2016, MANAFORT applied for a mortgage on the Howard Street condominium from Lender B for approximately $3.4 million. Because the bank would permit a greater loan amount if the property were owner-occupied, MANAFORT falsely represented to the lender and its agents that it was a secondary home used as such by his daughter and son-in-law and was not held as a rental property. In an email on January 6, 2016, MANAFORT noted: “[i]n order to have the maximum benefit, I am claiming Howard St. as a second home. Not an investment property.” Later, on January 26, 2016, MANAFORT wrote to his son-in-law to advise him that when the bank appraiser came to assess the condominium, his son-in-law should “[r]emember, he believes that you and [MANAFORT’s daughter] are living there.” 22 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 23 of 37 32. MANAFORT, with GATES’ assistance, also made a series of false and fraudulent representations to the bank in order to secure the millions of dollars in financing. For example, MANAFORT falsely represented the amount of debt he had by failing to disclose on his loan application the existence of the Lender A mortgage on his Union Street property. That liability would have risked his qualifying for the loan. Through its own due diligence, Lender B found evidence of the existing mortgage on the Union Street property. As a result, Lender B wrote to MANAFORT and GATES that the “application has the following properties as being owned free & clear . . . Union Street,” but “[b]ased on the insurance binders that we received last night, we are showing that there are mortgages listed on these properties, can you please clarify[?]” 33. To cover up the falsity of the loan application, GATES, on MANAFORT’s behalf, caused an insurance broker to provide Lender B false information, namely, an outdated insurance report that did not list the Union Street loan. MANAFORT and GATES knew such a representation was fraudulent. After GATES contacted the insurance broker and asked her to provide Lender B with false information, he updated MANAFORT by email on February 24, 2016. MANAFORT replied to GATES, on the same day: “good job on the insurance issues.” 34. MANAFORT and GATES submitted additional false and fraudulent statements to Lender B. For example, MANAFORT submitted 2014 DMI tax returns to support his 2016 loan application to Lender B. Those tax returns included as a purported liability a $1.5 million loan from Peranova. Peranova was a Cypriot entity controlled by MANAFORT and GATES. On or about February 1, 2012, Peranova transferred $1.5 million to a DMI account in the United States, denominating the transfer as a loan so that MANAFORT would not have to declare the money as income. MANAFORT used the “loan” to acquire the Howard Street property. 35. When MANAFORT needed to obtain a loan from Lender B, the existence of the Peranova 23 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 24 of 37 “loan” undermined his creditworthiness. As a result of the listed Peranova liability, Lender B was not willing to make the loan to MANAFORT. To circumvent this issue, MANAFORT and GATES caused MANAFORT’s tax accountant to send to Lender B back-dated documentation that falsely stated that the $1.5 million Peranova loan had been forgiven in 2015, and falsely inflated income for 2015 to mask MANAFORT’s 2015 drop in income. 36. In March 2016, Lender B approved the loan in the amount of approximately $3.4 million (the $3.4 million loan). C. The Loan From Lender C 37. In approximately February 2016, MANAFORT applied for a business loan from Lender C. MANAFORT made a series of false statements to Lender C. For example, MANAFORT submitted a false statement of assets and liabilities that failed to disclosed the Lender A loan on the Union Street property and misrepresented, among other things, the amount of the mortgage on the Howard Street property. 38. Further, in approximately March 2016, MANAFORT and GATES submitted a doctored 2015 DMI P&L that overstated DMI’s 2015 income by more than $4 million. GATES asked DMI’s bookkeeper to send him a “Word Document version of the 2015 P&L for [DMI]” because MANAFORT wanted GATES “to add the accrual revenue which we have not received in order to send to [Lender C].” The bookkeeper said she could send a .pdf version of the P&L. GATES then asked the bookkeeper to increase the DMI revenue, falsely claiming that: “[w]e have $2.4m in accrued revenue that [MANAFORT] wants added to the [DMI] 2015 income. Can you make adjustments on your end and then just send me a new scanned version[?]” The bookkeeper refused since the accounting method DMI used did not permit recording income before it was actually received. 24 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 25 of 37 39. Having failed to secure a falsified P&L from the bookkeeper, GATES falsified the P&L. GATES wrote to MANAFORT and another conspirator, “I am editing Paul’s 2015 P&L statement.” GATES then sent the altered P&L to Lender C, which claimed approximately $4.45 million in net income, whereas the true P&L had less than $400,000 in net income. D. The Loan From Lender B On The Union Street Property 40. In March 2016, MANAFORT, with the assistance of GATES and others, applied for a $5.5 million loan from Lender B on the Union Street property. As part of the loan process, MANAFORT submitted a false statement of assets and liabilities that hid his prior loan from Lender A on the Union Street property, among other liabilities. In addition, another conspirator on MANAFORT’s behalf submitted a falsified 2016 DMI P&L. The falsified 2016 DMI P&L overstated DMI’s income by more than $2 million, which was the amount that Lender B told MANAFORT he needed to qualify for the loan. When the document was first submitted to Lender B, a conspirator working at Lender B replied: “Looks Dr’d. Can’t someone just do a clean excel doc and pdf to me??” A subsequent version was submitted to the bank. E. The Loans From Lender D On The Bridgehampton And Union Street Properties 41. In 2016, MANAFORT sought a mortgage on property in Bridgehampton, New York from a financial institution. In connection with his application, MANAFORT falsely represented to the bank that DMI would be receiving $2.4 million in income later in the year for work on a “democratic development consulting project.” To support this representation, GATES, on MANAFORT’s behalf, provided the bank with a fake invoice for $2.4 million, directed “To Whom It May Concern,” for “[s]ervices rendered per the consultancy agreement pertaining to the parliamentary elections.” The bank, unwilling to rely on the invoice to support MANAFORT’s stated 2016 income, requested additional information. The bank was unable to obtain satisfactory 25 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 26 of 37 support for the stated income, and the loan application was denied. 42. MANAFORT applied to a second bank, Lender D. Between approximately July 2016 and January 2017, MANAFORT, with the assistance of GATES, sought and secured approximately $16,000,000 in two loans from Lender D. MANAFORT used the Bridgehampton property as collateral for one loan, and the Union Street property for the other. 43. MANAFORT and GATES made numerous false and fraudulent representations to secure the loans. For example, MANAFORT provided the bank with doctored P&Ls for DMI for both 2015 and 2016, overstating its income by millions of dollars. The doctored 2015 DMI P&L submitted to Lender D was the same false statement previously submitted to Lender C, which overstated DMI’s income by more than $4 million. The doctored 2016 DMI P&L was inflated by MANAFORT by more than $3.5 million. To create the false 2016 P&L, on or about October 21, 2016, MANAFORT emailed GATES a .pdf version of the real 2016 DMI P&L, which showed a loss of more than $600,000. GATES converted that .pdf into a “Word” document so that it could be edited, which GATES sent back to MANAFORT. MANAFORT altered that “Word” document by adding more than $3.5 million in income. He then sent this falsified P&L to GATES and asked that the “Word” document be converted back to a .pdf, which GATES did and returned to MANAFORT. MANAFORT then sent the falsified 2016 DMI P&L .pdf to Lender D. 44. In addition, Lender D questioned MANAFORT about a $300,000 delinquency on his American Express card, which was more than 90 days past due. The delinquency significantly affected MANAFORT’s credit rating score. MANAFORT falsely represented to Lender D that he had lent his credit card to a friend, GATES, who had incurred the charges and had not reimbursed him. MANAFORT supplied Lender D a letter from GATES that falsely stated that 26 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 27 of 37 GATES had borrowed MANAFORT’s credit card to make the purchases at issue and would pay him back by a date certain. Statutory Allegations COUNTS ONE THROUGH FIVE (Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns For 2010–2014 Tax Years) 45. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 46. On or about the dates specified below, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendant PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., willfully and knowingly did make and subscribe, and aid and abet and cause to be made and subscribed, United States Individual Income Tax Returns, Forms 1040 and Schedule B, for the tax years set forth below, which returns contained and were verified by the written declaration of MANAFORT that they were made under penalties of perjury, and which returns MANAFORT did not believe to be true and correct as to every material matter, in that the returns (a) claimed that MANAFORT did not have a financial interest in and signature and other authority over a financial account in a foreign country and (b) failed to report income, whereas MANAFORT then and there well knew and believed that he had a financial interest in, and signature and other authority over, bank accounts in a foreign country and had earned total income in excess of the reported amounts noted below: COUNT TAX YEAR APPROX. FILING DATE 1 2 3 4 5 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 October 14, 2011 October 15, 2012 October 7, 2013 October 6, 2014 October 14, 2015 FOREIGN ACCOUNT REPORTED (Sch. B, Line 7a) None None None None None (26 U.S.C. § 7206(l); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq.) 27 TOTAL INCOME REPORTED (Line 22) $504,744 $3,071,409 $5,361,007 $1,910,928 $2,984,210 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 28 of 37 COUNTS SIX THROUGH TEN (Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income Tax Returns For 2010–2014 Tax Years) 47. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 48. On or about the dates specified below, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendant RICHARD W. GATES III willfully and knowingly did aid and assist in, and procure, counsel, and advise the preparation and presentation to the Internal Revenue Service, of a United States Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040 and Schedule B, of PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., for the tax years set forth below, which returns were false and fraudulent as to a material matter, in that the returns (a) claimed that MANAFORT did not have a financial interest in, and signature and other authority over, a financial account in a foreign country and (b) failed to report income, whereas GATES then and there well knew and believed that MANAFORT had a financial interest in, and signature and other authority over, bank accounts in a foreign country and had earned total income in excess of the reported amounts noted below: COUNT TAX YEAR APPROX. FILING DATE 6 7 8 9 10 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 October 14, 2011 October 15, 2012 October 7, 2013 October 6, 2014 October 14, 2015 FOREIGN ACCOUNT REPORTED (Sch. B, Line 7a) None None None None None TOTAL INCOME REPORTED (Line 22) $504,744 $3,071,409 $5,361,007 $1,910,928 $2,984,210 (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2); 18 U.S.C. § 3551 et seq.) COUNTS ELEVEN THROUGH FOURTEEN (Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts For Calendar Years 2011–2014) 49. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 50. On the filing due dates listed below, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, 28 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 29 of 37 defendant PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly did fail to file with the Treasury an FBAR disclosing that he had a financial interest in, and signature and other authority over, a bank, securities, and other financial account in a foreign country, which had an aggregate value of more than $10,000 in a 12-month period, during the years listed below: COUNT YEAR DUE DATE TO FILE FBAR 11 12 13 14 2011 2012 2013 2014 June 29, 2012 June 30, 2013 June 30, 2014 June 30, 2015 (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq.) COUNTS FIFTEEN THROUGH NINETEEN (Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns For 2010–2014 Tax Years) 51. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 52. On or about the dates specified below, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendant RICHARD W. GATES III willfully and knowingly did make and subscribe, and aid and abet and cause to be made and subscribed, United States Individual Income Tax Returns, Forms 1040 and Schedule B, for the tax years set forth below, which returns contained and were verified by the written declaration of defendant GATES that they were made under penalties of perjury, and which returns defendant GATES did not believe to be true and correct as to every material matter, in that the returns (a) claimed that GATES did not have a financial interest in, and signature and other authority over, a financial account in a foreign country and (b) failed to report income, whereas GATES then and there well knew and believed that he had a financial interest in, and signature and other authority over, a financial account in a foreign country and had earned total income in excess of the reported amounts noted below: 29 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 30 of 37 COUNT TAX YEAR APPROX. FILING DATE 15 16 17 18 19 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 July 26, 2011 October 11, 2012 October 15, 2013 October 15, 2014 October 14, 2015 FOREIGN ACCOUNT REPORTED (Sch. B, Line 7a) None None None None None TOTAL INCOME REPORTED (Line 22) $194,257 $250,307 $365,646 $307,363 $292,892 (26 U.S.C. § 7206(l); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq.) COUNT TWENTY (Subscribing to a False Amended United States Individual Income Tax Return For 2013 Tax Year) 53. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 54. On or about October 25, 2017, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendant RICHARD W. GATES III willfully and knowingly did make and subscribe, and aid and abet and cause another to make and subscribe, a United States Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040X, for the 2013 tax year, which return contained and was verified by the written declaration of defendant GATES that it was made under penalties of perjury, and which return defendant GATES did not believe to be true and correct as to every material matter, in that the return failed to report income, whereas GATES then and there well knew and believed that he had earned adjusted gross income in excess of the reported amount on Line 1C, to wit: $292,055. (26 U.S.C. § 7206(l); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq.) COUNTS TWENTY-ONE THROUGH TWENTY-THREE (Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts For Calendar Years 2011–2013) 55. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 56. On the filing due dates listed below, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendant RICHARD W. GATES III unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly did fail to file with the 30 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 31 of 37 Treasury an FBAR disclosing that he had a financial interest in, and signature authority over, a bank, securities, and other financial account in a foreign country, which had an aggregate value of more than $10,000 in a 12-month period, during the years listed below: COUNT YEAR DUE DATE TO FILE FBAR 21 2011 June 29, 2012 22 2012 June 30, 2013 23 2013 June 30, 2014 (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq.) COUNT TWENTY-FOUR (Bank Fraud Conspiracy / Lender B / $3.4 million loan) 57. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 58. On or about and between December 2015 and March 2016, both dates being approximate and inclusive, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III did knowingly and intentionally conspire to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud one or more financial institutions, to wit: Lender B, the deposits of which were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of such financial institution by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344. (18 U.S.C. §§ 1349 and 3551 et seq.) COUNT TWENTY-FIVE (Bank Fraud / Lender B / $3.4 million loan) 59. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 60. On or about and between December 2015 and March 2016, both dates being approximate 31 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 32 of 37 and inclusive, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III did knowingly and intentionally execute and attempt to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud one or more financial institutions, to wit: Lender B, the deposits of which were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of such financial institution by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. (18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2, and 3551 et seq.) COUNT TWENTY-SIX (Bank Fraud Conspiracy / Lender C / $1 million loan) 61. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 62. On or about and between March 2016 and May 2016, both dates being approximate and inclusive, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III did knowingly and intentionally conspire to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud one or more financial institutions, to wit: Lender C, the deposits of which were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of such financial institution by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344. (18 U.S.C. §§ 1349 and 3551 et seq.) COUNT TWENTY-SEVEN (Bank Fraud / Lender C / $1 million loan) 63. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 64. On or about and between December 2015 and March 2016, both dates being approximate and inclusive, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendants PAUL J. 32 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 33 of 37 MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III did knowingly and intentionally execute and attempt to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud one or more financial institutions, to wit: Lender C, the deposits of which were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of such financial institution by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. (18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2, and 3551 et seq.) COUNT TWENTY-EIGHT (Bank Fraud Conspiracy / Lender B / $5.5 million loan) 65. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 66. On or about and between March 2016 and August 2016, both dates being approximate and inclusive, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III did knowingly and intentionally conspire to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud one or more financial institutions, to wit: Lender B, the deposits of which were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of such financial institution by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344. (18 U.S.C. §§ 1349 and 3551 et seq.) COUNT TWENTY-NINE (Bank Fraud Conspiracy / Lender D / $9.5 million loan) 67. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 68. On or about and between April 2016 and November 2016, both dates being approximate and inclusive, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III did knowingly and intentionally conspire to 33 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 34 of 37 execute a scheme and artifice to defraud one or more financial institutions, to wit: Lender D, the deposits of which were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of such financial institution by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344. (18 U.S.C. §§ 1349 and 3551 et seq.) COUNT THIRTY (Bank Fraud / Lender D / $9.5 million loan) 69. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 70. On or about and between April 2016 and November 2016, both dates being approximate and inclusive, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III did knowingly and intentionally execute and attempt to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud one or more financial institutions, to wit: Lender D, the deposits of which were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of such financial institution by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. (18 U.S.C. § 1344, 2, and 3551 et seq.) COUNT THIRTY-ONE (Bank Fraud Conspiracy / Lender D / $6.5 million loan) 71. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 72. On or about and between April 2016 and January 2017, both dates being approximate and inclusive, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III did knowingly and intentionally conspire to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud one or more financial institutions, to wit: Lender D, the deposits of which 34 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 35 of 37 were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of such financial institution by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344. (18 U.S.C. §§ 1349 and 3551 et seq.) COUNT THIRTY-TWO (Bank Fraud / Lender D / $6.5 million loan) 73. Paragraphs 1 through 44 are incorporated here. 74. On or about and between April 2016 and January 2017, both dates being approximate and inclusive, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III did knowingly and intentionally execute and attempt to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud one or more financial institutions, to wit: Lender D, the deposits of which were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of such financial institution by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. (18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2, and 3551 et seq.) FORFEITURE NOTICE 75. Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2, notice is hereby given to the defendants that the United States will seek forfeiture as part of any sentence in accordance with Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)(2), in the event of the defendants’ convictions under Counts Twenty-Four through Thirty-Two of this Superseding Indictment. Upon conviction of the offenses charged in Counts Twenty-Four through Thirty-Two, defendants PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., and RICHARD W. GATES III shall forfeit to the United States any property constituting, or derived from, proceeds 35 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 36 of 37 obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of such violation(s). Notice is further given that, upon conviction, the United States intends to seek a judgment against each defendant for a sum of money representing the property described in this paragraph, as applicable to each defendant (to be offset by the forfeiture of any specific property). 76. The grand jury finds probable cause to believe that the property subject to forfeiture by PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., includes, but is not limited to, the following listed assets: a. All funds held in account number XXXXXX0969 at Lender D, and any property traceable thereto. Substitute Assets 77. If any of the property described above as being subject to forfeiture, as a result of any act or omission of any defendant a. cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; b. has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party; c. has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; d. has been substantially diminished in value; or e. has been commingled with other property that cannot be subdivided without difficulty; it is the intent of the United States of America, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(b) and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c), incorporating Title 21, United States Code, Section 853, to seek forfeiture of any other property of said defendant. (18 U.S.C. § 982) 36 Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 37 of 37 Robert S. M Her, III Special Counsel Department of Justice A TRUE BILL: Foreperson Date: February 22, 2018 37