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.

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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
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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

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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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Entity Name Date Created Incorporation Location

Daisy Manafort, LLC (PM)

August 2008 Virginia

March 2011 Florida

Davis Manafort International LLC

(PM) March 2007 Delaware

DMP (PM)

March 2005 Virginia

March 2011 Florida

Davis Manafort, Inc. (PM)

October 1999 Delaware

November 1999 Virginia

DMI (PM)

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

John Hannah, LLC (PM)

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

MC Soho Holdings, LLC (PM)

January 2012 Florida

April 2012 New York

Smythson LLC (also known as

Symthson LLC) (PM, RG) July 2008 Delaware
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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) August 2007 Cyprus

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)

(PM, RG) June 2007 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
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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 Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

Vendor A

(Home

Improvement

Company in the

Hamptons, New

York)

6/10/2008 LOAV Advisors Limited Cyprus $107,000

6/25/2008 LOAV Advisors Limited Cyprus $23,500

7/7/2008 LOAV Advisors Limited Cyprus $20,000

8/5/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $59,000

9/2/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $272,000

10/6/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $109,000

10/24/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $107,800

11/20/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $77,400

12/22/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $100,000

1/14/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $9,250

1/29/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $97,670

2/25/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $108,100

4/16/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $94,394

5/7/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $54,000

5/12/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $9,550

6/1/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $86,650

6/18/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $34,400

7/31/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $106,000
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Payee Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

8/28/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $37,000

9/23/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $203,500

10/26/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $38,800

11/18/2009 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $130,906

3/8/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $124,000

5/11/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $25,000

7/8/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $28,000

7/23/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $26,500

8/12/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $138,900

9/2/2010 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $31,500

10/6/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $67,600

10/14/2010 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $107,600

10/18/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $31,500

12/16/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $46,160

2/7/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $36,500

3/22/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $26,800

4/4/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $195,000

5/3/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $95,000

5/16/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $6,500

5/31/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $70,000

6/27/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $39,900

7/27/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $95,000

10/24/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $22,000

10/25/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $9,300

11/15/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $74,000

11/23/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $22,300

11/29/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $6,100

12/12/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $17,800

1/17/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $29,800

1/20/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $42,600

2/9/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $22,300

2/23/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $75,000

2/28/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $22,300

3/28/2012 Peranova Cyprus $37,500

4/18/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $50,000

5/15/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $79,000

6/5/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $45,000

6/19/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $11,860
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Payee Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

7/9/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $10,800

7/18/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $88,000

8/7/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $48,800

9/27/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $100,000

11/20/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $298,000

12/20/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $55,000

1/29/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $149,000

3/12/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $375,000

8/29/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $200,000

11/13/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $75,000

11/26/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $80,000

12/6/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $130,000

12/12/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $90,000

4/22/2014 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $56,293

8/18/2014 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $34,660

Vendor A Total $5,434,793

Vendor B

(Home

Automation,

Lighting and

Home

Entertainment

Company in

Florida)

3/22/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $12,000

3/28/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $25,000

4/27/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $12,000

5/16/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $25,000

11/15/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $17,006

11/23/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $11,000

2/28/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $6,200

10/31/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $290,000

12/17/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $160,600

1/15/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $194,000

1/24/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $6,300

2/12/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $51,600

2/26/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $260,000

7/15/2013 Pompolo Limited United

Kingdom $175,575

11/5/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $73,000

Vendor B Total $1,319,281

Vendor C

(Antique Rug

Store in

Alexandria,

Virginia)

10/7/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $15,750

3/17/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $46,200

4/16/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $7,400

4/27/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $65,000

5/7/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $210,000
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Payee Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

7/15/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $200,000

3/31/2010 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $140,000

6/16/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $250,000

Vendor C Total $934,350

Vendor D

(Related to

Vendor C)

2/28/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $100,000

Vendor D Total $100,000

Vendor E

(Men’s Clothing

Store in New

York)

11/7/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $32,000

2/5/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $22,750

4/27/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $13,500

10/26/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $32,500

3/30/2010 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $15,000

5/11/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $39,000

6/28/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $5,000

8/12/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $32,500

11/17/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $11,500

2/7/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $24,000

3/22/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $43,600

3/28/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $12,000

4/27/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $3,000

6/30/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $24,500

9/26/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $12,000

11/2/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $26,700

12/12/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $46,000

2/9/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $2,800

2/28/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $16,000

3/14/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $8,000

4/18/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $48,550

5/15/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $7,000

6/19/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $21,600

8/7/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $15,500

11/20/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $10,900

12/20/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $7,500

1/15/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $37,000

2/12/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $7,000

2/26/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $39,000

9/3/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $81,500
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Payee Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

10/15/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $53,000

11/26/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $13,200

4/24/2014 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $26,680

9/11/2014 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $58,435

Vendor E Total $849,215

Vendor F

(Landscaper in

the Hamptons,

New York)

4/27/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $34,000

5/12/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $45,700

6/1/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $21,500

6/18/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $29,000

9/21/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $21,800

5/11/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $44,000

6/28/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $50,000

7/23/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $19,000

9/2/2010 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $21,000

10/6/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $57,700

10/18/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $26,000

12/16/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $20,000

3/22/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $50,000

5/3/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $40,000

6/1/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $44,000

7/27/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $27,000

8/16/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $13,450

9/19/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $12,000

10/24/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $42,000

11/2/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $37,350

Vendor F Total $655,500

Vendor G

(Antique Dealer

in New York)

9/2/2010 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $165,000

10/18/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $165,000

2/28/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $190,600

3/14/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $75,000

2/26/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $28,310

Vendor G Total $623,910

Vendor H

(Clothing Store

in Beverly Hills,

California)

6/25/2008 LOAV Advisors Limited Cyprus $52,000

12/16/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $49,000

12/22/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $10,260

8/12/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $76,400

5/11/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $85,000

11/17/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $128,280
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Payee Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

5/31/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $64,000

11/15/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $48,000

12/17/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $7,500

Vendor H Total $520,440

Vendor I

(Investment

Company)

9/3/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $500,000

Vendor I Total $500,000

Vendor J

(Contractor in

Florida)

11/15/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $8,000

12/5/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $11,237

12/21/2011 Black Sea View Limited Cyprus $20,000

2/9/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $51,000

5/17/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $68,000

6/19/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $60,000

7/18/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $32,250

9/19/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $112,000

11/30/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $39,700

1/9/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $25,600

2/28/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $4,700

Vendor J Total $432,487

Vendor K

(Landscaper in

the Hamptons,

New York)

12/5/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $4,115

3/1/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $50,000

6/6/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $47,800

6/25/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $17,900

6/27/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $18,900

2/12/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $3,300

7/15/2013 Pompolo Limited United

Kingdom $13,325

11/26/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $9,400

Vendor K Total $164,740

Vendor L

(Payments

Relating to Three

Range Rovers)

4/12/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $83,525

5/2/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $12,525

6/29/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $67,655

Vendor L Total $163,705

Vendor M 11/20/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $45,000

12/7/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $21,000
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Payee Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

(Contractor in

Virginia)

12/17/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $21,000

1/17/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $18,750

1/29/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $9,400

2/12/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $10,500

Vendor M Total $125,650

Vendor N

(Audio, Video,

and Control

System Home

Integration and

Installation

Company in the

Hamptons, New

York)

1/29/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $10,000

3/17/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $21,725

4/16/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $24,650

12/2/2009 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $10,000

3/8/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $20,300

4/23/2010 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $8,500

7/29/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $17,650

Vendor N Total $112,825

Vendor O

(Purchase of

Mercedes Benz) 10/5/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $62,750

Vendor O Total $62,750

Vendor P

(Purchase of

Range Rover)

12/30/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $47,000

Vendor P Total $47,000

Vendor Q

(Property

Management

Company in

South Carolina)

9/2/2010 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $10,000

10/6/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $10,000

10/18/2010 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $10,000

2/8/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $13,500

2/9/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $2,500

Vendor Q Total $46,000

Vendor R

(Art Gallery in

Florida)

2/9/2011 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $17,900

2/14/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $14,000

Vendor R Total $31,900

Vendor S 9/26/2011 Leviathan Advisors Limited Cyprus $5,000

9/19/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $5,000
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Payee Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

(Housekeeping

in New York) 10/9/2013 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $10,000

Vendor S Total $20,000

16. 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 Date OriginatingAccount

Country of

Origin Amount

Howard Street

Condominium

(New York)

DMP

International

LLC

2/1/2012 Peranova Cyprus $1,500,000

Union Street

Brownstone,

(New York)

Attorney

Account Of

[Real Estate

Attorney]

11/29/2012 Actinet Trading

Limited Cyprus $1,800,000

11/29/2012 Actinet Trading

Limited Cyprus $1,200,000

Arlington

House

(Virginia)

Real Estate

Trust 8/31/2012 Lucicle ConsultantsLimited Cyprus $1,900,000

Total $6,400,000

17. 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.
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Year Payor / Ostensible 

“Lender”

Payee / Ostensible 

“Borrower”

Country of 

Origin

Total Amount 

of “Loans”

2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Jesand Investment 

Corporation Cyprus $8,120,000

2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited DMP Cyprus $500,000

2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited DMP Cyprus $694,000

2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Daisy Manafort, LLC Cyprus $500,000

2012 Peranova DMI Cyprus $1,500,000

2014 Telmar Investments Ltd. DMI Cyprus $900,000

2015 Telmar Investments Ltd. DMI Cyprus $1,000,000

Total $13,214,000

18. 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 Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

Richard Gates

United Kingdom

Bank Account A

3/26/2010 Serangon Holdings Limited Cyprus $85,000

4/20/2010 Serangon Holdings Limited Cyprus $50,000

5/6/2010 Serangon Holdings Limited Cyprus $150,000

Richard Gates

United Kingdom

Bank Account B

9/7/2010 Serangon Holdings Limited Cyprus $160,000

10/13/2010 Serangon Holdings Limited Cyprus $15,000

Richard Gates

United States

Bank Account C

9/27/2010 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $50,000

2010 Tax Year Total $510,000

Jemina LLC

United States

Bank Account D

9/9/2011 Peranova Cyprus $48,500

Richard Gates

United Kingdom

Bank Account B

12/16/2011 Peranova Cyprus $100,435

2011 Tax Year Total $148,935

Richard Gates

United Kingdom

Bank Account B

1/9/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $100,000

1/13/2012 Peranova Cyprus $100,435

2/29/2012 Global Highway Limited Cyprus $28,500

3/27/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $18,745
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Payee Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

4/26/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $26,455

5/30/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $15,000

5/30/2012 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $14,650

6/27/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $18,745

8/2/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $28,745

8/30/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $38,745

9/27/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $32,345

10/31/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $46,332

11/20/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $48,547

11/30/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $38,532

12/21/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $47,836

12/28/2012 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $47,836

2012 Tax Year Total $651,448

Richard Gates

United Kingdom

Bank Account B

1/11/2013 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $47,836

1/22/2013 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $34,783

1/30/2013 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $46,583

2/22/2013 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $46,233

2/28/2013 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $46,583

3/1/2013 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $42,433

3/15/2013 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $37,834

4/15/2013 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $59,735

4/26/2013 Bletilla Ventures Limited Cyprus $48,802

5/17/2013 Olivenia Trading Limited Cyprus $57,798

5/30/2013 Actinet Trading Limited Cyprus $45,622

6/13/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $76,343

8/7/2013 Pompolo Limited United

Kingdom $250,784

9/6/2013 Lucicle Consultants Limited Cyprus $68,500

9/13/2013 Cypriot Agent Cyprus $179,216

Jemina LLC

United States

Bank Account D

7/8/2013 Marziola Holdings Limited Cyprus $72,500

9/4/2013 Marziola Holdings Limited Cyprus $89,807

10/22/2013 Cypriot Agent Cyprus $119,844

11/12/2013 Cypriot Agent Cyprus $80,000

12/20/2013 Cypriot Agent Cyprus $90,000

2013 Tax Year Total $1,541,237

Jemina LLC

United States

Bank Account D

2/10/2014 Cypriot Agent Cyprus $60,044

4/29/2014 Cypriot Agent Cyprus $44,068

10/6/2014 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $65,000
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Payee Transaction

Date

Originating Account

Holder

Country of

Origination

Amount of

Transaction

Bade LLC

United States

Bank Account E

11/25/2014 Global Endeavour Inc. Grenadines $120,000

2014 Tax Year Total $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
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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.”
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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
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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. 
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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.” 
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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
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“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. 
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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
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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
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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

FOREIGN ACCOUNT 

REPORTED

(Sch. B, Line 7a)

TOTAL INCOME 

REPORTED 

(Line 22)

1 2010 October 14, 2011 None $504,744

2 2011 October 15, 2012 None $3,071,409

3 2012 October 7, 2013 None $5,361,007

4 2013 October 6, 2014 None $1,910,928

5 2014 October 14, 2015 None $2,984,210

(26 U.S.C. § 7206(l); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 3551 et seq.)
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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

FOREIGN ACCOUNT 

REPORTED

(Sch. B, Line 7a)

TOTAL INCOME 

REPORTED 

(Line 22)

6 2010 October 14, 2011 None $504,744

7 2011 October 15, 2012 None $3,071,409

8 2012 October 7, 2013 None $5,361,007

9 2013 October 6, 2014 None $1,910,928

10 2014 October 14, 2015 None $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,
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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 2011 June 29, 2012

12 2012 June 30, 2013

13 2013 June 30, 2014

14 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:
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COUNT TAX 

YEAR

APPROX. FILING 

DATE

FOREIGN ACCOUNT 

REPORTED

(Sch. B, Line 7a)

TOTAL INCOME 

REPORTED

(Line 22)

15 2010 July 26, 2011 None $194,257

16 2011 October 11, 2012 None $250,307

17 2012 October 15, 2013 None $365,646

18 2013 October 15, 2014 None $307,363

19 2014 October 14, 2015 None $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
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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 ofsuch 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
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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.
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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
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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 ofsuch 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
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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
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obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of such violation(s). Notice is further given that, upon

conviction, the United Statesintendsto 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)
A TRUE BILL: 

Foreperson 

Date: February 22, 2018 

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Robert S. M Her, III 

Special Counsel 

Department of Justice