09-17-2018, 02:40 PM
This is kind of an interesting side note on one of the ways Manafort was able to pull off his scams and pile up multi millions of dollars without detection for so long.
Manafort stole the identity of 34-year-old Kiev-based hairdresser Yevgeny G. Kaseyev, set up multiple companies in his name, and deposited tens of millions of dollars into those companies’ bank accounts.
Mr. Kaseyev had no idea he was a secret millionaire UNTIL authorities came to his door seeking $30 million in back taxes.
Mr. Manafort, who worked for a decade as a political consultant in Ukraine before becoming chairman of the Trump campaign in 2016, made a deal worth hundreds of thousands of dollars with the shell company under the hairdresser’s name. It was called Neocom Systems Limited, according to a Ukrainian lawmaker.
According to while collar investigators, it's not an uncommon con for criminals like Manafort to steal the identities of everyday citizens or homeless people and then open up accounts in foreign banks to hide/launder the money.
Full piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/world...afort.html
Manafort stole the identity of 34-year-old Kiev-based hairdresser Yevgeny G. Kaseyev, set up multiple companies in his name, and deposited tens of millions of dollars into those companies’ bank accounts.
Mr. Kaseyev had no idea he was a secret millionaire UNTIL authorities came to his door seeking $30 million in back taxes.
Mr. Manafort, who worked for a decade as a political consultant in Ukraine before becoming chairman of the Trump campaign in 2016, made a deal worth hundreds of thousands of dollars with the shell company under the hairdresser’s name. It was called Neocom Systems Limited, according to a Ukrainian lawmaker.
According to while collar investigators, it's not an uncommon con for criminals like Manafort to steal the identities of everyday citizens or homeless people and then open up accounts in foreign banks to hide/launder the money.
Full piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/world...afort.html