«In order to hide Ukraine payments from United States authorities, from approximately 2006 through at least 2016, Manafort and
GATES laundered the money through scores of United States and foreign corporations, partnerships, and bank accounts,» according to court filings released on Friday.
Not exact matches
The Manafort /
Gates indictment was unsealed Monday morning, and it contains 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to
launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.
Manafort and his longtime business associate Rick
Gates were indicted last week on charges related to alleged financial crimes that include
money laundering and tax fraud.
Manafort and
Gates were indicted on 12 counts, including
money laundering, conspiracy against the United States and more, according to court filings.
Together with Manafort,
Gates had been indicted on 12 charges related to
money laundering, tax fraud, failure to register as foreign agents, and conspiracy against the United States.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed new fraud and
money -
laundering charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick
Gates.
Gates has pleaded not guilty to eight criminal charges, including
money laundering.
Manafort and longtime business partner Rick
Gates, meanwhile, were charged in a 12 - count indictment with conspiracy to
launder money, making false statements and other charges in connection with their work advising a Russia - friendly political party in Ukraine.
Manafort, 68, and
Gates, 45, remain under home confinement on pledges to pay $ 10 million and $ 5 million, respectively, if they fail to return to court after pleading not guilty Oct. 30 to charges of conspiracy,
money laundering and making false lobbyist registration statements in connection with their work advising a Russia - friendly political party in Ukraine.
In the post,
Gates said the main feature of cryptocurrencies is «their anonymity» — which is not good, he said, because the government needs to track
money laundering, tax evasion and terrorist funding.
Paul Manafort and Rick
Gates were hit with tax,
money laundering and other charges that relate to their work for the government of Ukraine and a Russia - affiliated Ukrainian political party.
In October, Mueller charged Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and former deputy campaign manager Rick
Gates with
money laundering and failing to properly disclose their lobbying work on behalf of foreign clients.
With the rise in cybercrime, scams and Ponzi websites, and a number of
money laundering cases emerging -
Gates is reconsidering his older statements.
In the Reddit AMA,
Gates commented «The government's ability to find
money laundering and tax evasion and terrorist funding is a good thing,» he wrote.
BREAKING: Manafort and
Gates indicted on 12 counts, including conspiracy to
launder money https://t.co/l1Q964oRLl pic.twitter.com/8H7MA1 2wve
All they need is a fake non-profit like the
Gates Foundation to set up a tax evasion and
money laundering scheme.
The charges were not really relevant to Trump himself or Trump's election campaign since Paul Manafort and Rick
Gates were charged with
money laundering, tax evasion, fraud, and failure to disclose and register that they are agents of a foreign principal under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) for activities on behalf of Ukraine (NOT Russia) between the years 2006 until 2014.
Manafort and
Gates have been charged with conspiracy to
launder money received for work on behalf of a former Ukrainian president.
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When one of the users pointed out that fiat currencies can also be used for illegal activities such as
money laundering, tax evasion, terrorist funding, and drug purchases,
Gates said that the necessity of a physical presence makes illicit activities and transfers more difficult: