The Justice Department sued Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, alleging he failed to disclose financial interests he had in foreign countries.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday, accuses Manafort of “Deliberate omission to report your finances in a timely manner
interest on foreign bank accounts,” alleging that he did not report more than 20 foreign accounts between 2006 and 2014.
The lawsuit could result in fines of nearly $3 million.
Prosecutors allege that Manafort failed to report the necessary foreign bank and financial accounts in 2013 and 2014.
The Justice Department said Manafort’s company at the time, DMP International, had proceeds deposited in accounts in Cyprus, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as well as the United Kingdom.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Manafort was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in 2018 on tax and bank fraud charges, despite then-President Trump Pardoned in December 2020.
The Hill has reached out to the Justice Department and Manafort’s attorney, Jeffrey Neiman, for comment.
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