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WASHINGTON, USA \u2014 In an indictment unsealed on Monday, the Grand Jury for the District of Columbia has charged Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and campaign official Rick Gates with laundering millions of dollars in payments into foreign nominee companies and bank accounts, opened by them and their accomplices in nominee names and in various foreign countries, including St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).<\/p>

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\u201cIn total, more than $75,000,000 flowed through the offshore accounts,\u201d the indictment alleges.<\/p>\n

According to the indictment, Manafort and Gates owned or controlled 17 domestic entities, 12 in Cyprus and two in SVG \u2013 Global Endeavour Inc. and Jennet Ltd \u2013 which were used in the scheme.<\/p>

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Included in wire transfers caused to be sent by Manafort between 2008 and 2014, was a total of US$1.4 million originating from SVG, described by Newsweek on Sunday as a \u201cprime money-laundering destination\u201d.<\/p>

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\u201cManafort did not pay taxes on this income, which was used to make the purchases,\u201d the indictment states.<\/p>\n

In particular, to minimize public disclosure of their activities, Manafort and Gates arranged for more than $2 million to be paid to US lobbying firms from offshore accounts associated with their foreign entities, including Global Endeavour Inc. in SVG.<\/p>

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According to the indictment, both Manafort and Gates, as US citizens, failed to comply with reporting obligations to the United States in relation to foreign bank accounts over which they had authority \u2014 whether or not the accounts are set up in the names of nominees.<\/p>

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In fact, in each of Manafort\u2019s tax filings for 2008 through 2014, Manafort represented falsely that he did not have authority over any foreign bank accounts. Manafort and Gates repeatedly and falsely represented in writing to Manafort\u2019s tax preparer that Manafort had no authority over foreign bank accounts, knowing that such false representations would result in false Manafort tax filings.<\/p>

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In the 12-count indictment, Manafort and Gates are charged with conspiracy against the United States; conspiracy to launder money; failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts; acting as unregistered agents of a foreign principal; and making false and misleading statements.<\/p>\n

An indictment constitutes only charges and every person is presumed innocent until their guilt has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n

(Caribbean News Now)<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON, USA \u2014 In an indictment unsealed on Monday, the Grand Jury for the District of Columbia has charged Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and campaign official Rick Gates with laundering millions of dollars in payments into foreign nominee companies and bank accounts, opened by them and their accomplices in nominee names and in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump campaigner laundered money through St Vincent - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trump-campaigner-laundered-money-through-st-vincent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump campaigner laundered money through St Vincent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, USA \u2014 In an indictment unsealed on Monday, the Grand Jury for the District of Columbia has charged Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and campaign official Rick Gates with laundering millions of dollars in payments into foreign nominee companies and bank accounts, opened by them and their accomplices in nominee names and in […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trump-campaigner-laundered-money-through-st-vincent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-31T12:51:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/03A3D6BA-8252-4E9D-A885-07CBB7E7F4E0-3713-0000033D4202E1C5.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1499\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trump-campaigner-laundered-money-through-st-vincent\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trump-campaigner-laundered-money-through-st-vincent\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Trump campaigner laundered money through St Vincent\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-31T12:51:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-31T12:51:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trump-campaigner-laundered-money-through-st-vincent\/\"},\"wordCount\":373,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Regional\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trump-campaigner-laundered-money-through-st-vincent\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trump-campaigner-laundered-money-through-st-vincent\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trump-campaigner-laundered-money-through-st-vincent\/\",\"name\":\"Trump campaigner laundered money through St Vincent - 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