Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 15 of 37
Transaction Date
Payee (Housekeeping in New York)
16.
Originating Account Holder
Country of Origination
10/9/2013 Global Endeavour Inc.
Amount of Transaction
Grenadines
$10,000
Vendor S Total
$20,000
16. In 2012, MANAFORT caused the following wires to be sent to the entities listed below to purchase the real estate also listed below. MANAFORT did not report the money used to make these purchases on his 2012 tax return.
Property Purchased
Payee
Howard Street DMP Condominium International (New York) LLC Union Street Brownstone, (New York)
Attorney Account Of [Real Estate Attorney]
Arlington House (Virginia)
Real Estate Trust
Originating Account
Date
2/1/2012 Peranova Actinet Trading Limited Actinet Trading 11/29/2012 Limited 11/29/2012
8/31/2012
Lucicle Consultants Limited
Country of Origin
Amount
Cyprus
$1,500,000
Cyprus
$1,800,000
Cyprus
$1,200,000
Cyprus
$1,900,000
Total
17. MANAFORT and GATES also disguised, as purported “loans,” more than $10 million transferred from Cypriot entities, including the overseas MANAFORT–GATES entities, to domestic entities owned by MANAFORT. For example, a $1.5 million wire from Peranova to DMI that MANAFORT used to purchase real estate on Howard Street in Manhattan, New York, was recorded as a “loan” from Peranova to DMI, rather than as income. The following loans were shams designed to reduce fraudulently MANAFORT’s reported taxable income.
