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13. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was a bureau in the Treasury responsible for administering the tax laws of the United States and collecting taxes owed to the Treasury.
The Tax Scheme
MANAFORT And GATES’ Wiring Money From Offshore Accounts Into The United States
14. In order to use the money in the offshore nominee accounts of the MANAFORT–GATES entities without paying taxes on it, MANAFORT and GATES caused millions of dollars in wire transfers from these accounts to be made for goods, services, and real estate. They did not report these transfers as income.
15. From 2008 to 2014, MANAFORT caused the following wires, totaling over $12,000,000, to be sent to the vendors listed below for personal items. MANAFORT did not pay taxes on this income, which was used to make the purchases.
| Payee | Transaction Date |
style="border-right:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;background-color: #a0a0a0;color: #000;padding-left:1em;padding-right:1em;"| Originating Account Holder ||style="border-right:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;background-color: #a0a0a0;color: #000;padding-left:1em;padding-right:1em;"| Country of Origination ||style="border-right:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;background-color: #a0a0a0;color: #000;padding-left:1em;padding-right:1em;"| Amount of Transaction | ||
| Vendor A (Home Improvement Company in the Hamptons, New York) | 6/10/2008 | LOAV Advisors Limited | Cyprus | $107,000 |
6/25/2008 7/7/2008 8/5/2008 9/2/2008 10/6/2008 10/24/2008 11/20/2008 12/22/2008 1/14/2009 1/29/2009 2/25/2009 4/16/2009 5/7/2009 5/12/2009 6/1/2009 6/18/2009 7/31/2009
Originating Account Holder
LOAV Advisors Limited LOAV Advisors Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited Yiakora Ventures Limited 8
Country of Origination Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus
Amount of Transaction $107,000 $23,500 $20,000 $59,000 $272,000 $109,000 $107,800 $77,400 $100,000 $9,250 $97,670 $108,100 $94,394 $54,000 $9,550 $86,650 $34,400
$106,000
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