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That's not what Manafort/Gates were accused of doing.
by eli 9y ago
That's not what Manafort/Gates were accused of doing.
- valuearb 9y agoThey are accused of being unregistered agents for the Russian government, violating foreign influence laws, and Manafort bank fraud by lying on a loan application. The money laundering charges were used as leverage to get Gates to turn, which makes one wonder if the government should be allowed such a powerful tool that can be misused against the innocent. Shouldn’t the prosecution be focused on proving their real crimes and not a victimless reporting statute?
- roywiggins 9y agoThey were both indicted on tax fraud. By laundering that 30 million, they were also evading taxes on it. The victim is the US government and by extension the US generally. The "reporting requirement" they evaded was... paying taxes. > “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,” the indictment charges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/special-counsel-mueller-files-new-charges-in-manafort-gates-case/2018/02/22/7db99c9c-1716-11e8-8b08-027a6ccb38eb_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/speci...
- matthewdgreen 9y agoI don't think the crimes were 'structuring' or some technical violation. They moved millions of dollars into offshore accounts (some of which appear to be the financial proceeds of the crimes you mentioned above), while failing to report the income or the accounts to the IRS.