a fine range of $50,000 to $24.4 million. restitution in the amount of $24.8 million and forfeiture in the amount of $4.4 million. the defendant stands convicted of the serious crimes of tax fraud, bank fraud and failing to file a foreign bank account report. manafort was the lead perpetrator and direct beneficiary of each offense. while some of these offenses are commonly prosecuted, there was nothing ordinary about the millions of dollars involved in the defendant's crimes, the duration of his criminal conduct or the sophistication of his schemes. footnote one. footnote one reads, quote, manafort was being investigated prior to the may 2017 appointment of the special counsel by prosecutors in this district, meaning in the eastern district of virginia, and by prosecutors in the criminal division of the department of justice. oh.