Manafort: False Tax Charges

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On Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, along with a Virginia grand jury, indicted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates on a combined 32 counts of criminal charges. These charges range from filing false tax returns, all the way up to conspiracy to defraud multiple banks of more than $22 million through loans. Manafort was also accused of funneling as much as $30 million through offshore banks in order to conceal it from the United States. These charges will be added to the previous 12 charges they received late last year. If convicted, both men will likely spend the rest of their lives in a federal prison.

Manafort was used to living a lavish lifestyle, seeing as he had millions of dollars invested in property and real estate. All of this came

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