they were already pursuing manafort before mueller was ever appointed. quote, manafort committed these crimes over an extended period of time from at least 2010 to 2016. this criminal decisions were not momentary or limited in time, they were routine, and manafort s repeated misrepresentations to financial institutions were brazen. at least of which were made when he was the subject of significant national attention. aware of any mitigating factors. manafort did not commit these crimes out of necessity are hardship. he was well-educated, financially successful out of more than $6 million in taxes at a time when he had substantial resources. manafort committed bank fraud to supplement his liquidity because his lavish spending exhausted his substantial cash resources when his overseas income dwindled. finally manafort pled guilty in september 2018 in the u.s. district court for the district of columbia to other crimes committed over an even longer period. the government references thos
million. restitution in the amount of $24.8 million. and forfeit. and tax fraud, bank fraud and failing to file a bank account report and manafort was a direct beneficiary of each offense and while some of these offenses are commonly prosecuted, there was nothing ordinary about the millions of dollars involved in the defendant s crime, the duration of the criminal conduct or 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, they were already pursuing manafort before mueller was ever
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. they were already pursuing manafort before mueller was ever appointed.