Feds Subpoena Records for $3.5M Mystery Mortgage on Manaforts Home
Source: NBC
Federal investigators have subpoenaed records related to a $3.5 million mortgage that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort took out on his Hamptons home just after leaving the campaign, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The mortgage document that explains how Manafort would pay back the loan was never filed with Suffolk County, New York and Manafort's company never paid up to $36,000 in taxes that would be due on the loan.
In addition, despite telling NBC News previously that all his real estate transactions are transparent and include his name and signature, Manafort's name and signature do not appear on any of the loan documents that are publicly available. A Manafort spokesperson said the $3.5 million loan, which was taken out through a shell company, was repaid in December, but also said that paperwork showing the repayment was not filed until he was asked about the loan by NBC News.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is also taking a "preliminary look" at Manafort's real estate transactions, according to a separate source. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the Justice Department has requested Manafort's banking records.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/feds-subpoena-records-3-5m-mortgage-manaforts-home-n759866
I bet Manafort's going to regret having had Sergey Lavrov co-sign his mortgage.
Laffy Kat
(16,376 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)...the legal documents? I'm sure the mortgage papers are dripping wet and hanging on the clothesline in the backyard.
tinrobot
(10,893 posts)That's certainly one way to launder money.
Pachamama
(16,886 posts)"Really?"