Manafort Tax Preparer Testifies On Denials About Foreign Bank Accounts

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Source: Talking Points Memo

By David Kurtz | August 3, 2018 11:39 am

A tax preparer returned to the stand Friday morning in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort where he testified on multiple interactions he had with Manafort and his then-business partner Rick Gates in which they denied that they controlled or owned foreign bank accounts.

Prosecutor Uzo Asonye walked tax preparer Philip Ayliff through Manafort’s individual tax returns from 2010-2014, signed by Manafort, where the box reporting foreign bank accounts was checked no.

Manafort faces numerous charges of bank and tax fraud. He has pleaded not guilty. Gates, his former protege, has pleaded guilty, is cooperating with prosecutors, and is expected to testify against Manafort later in the trial.

Ayliff also testified on information his firm provided Gates to explain what sort of foreign accounts needed to be reported to the government.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/tax-preparer-testifies-on-manafort-and-gates-denials-they-controlled-foreign-bank-accounts

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Here lets connect a fucking dot, so to speak .............who was at the Bank of Cyprus during this time frame................

you got one Wilbur Ross....................

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/23/wilbur-ross-russian-deal-bank-of-cyprus-donald-trump-commerce-secretary






November 2018 cannot get here fast enough....................vote

[empedocles]

1. 'Dot, dots, dots'

[Sunlei]

2. He didn't share any corrupt, under the table, country busting graft LOOT with accountants.

Neither did the President. IMO

[Achilleaze]

3. republican business "ethics" totally suck

[Cryptoad]

4. There are no business ethics with a Corporate Socialism System

Will the IRS reclaim the lost taxes,,,,, those should come before Lawyer fees!

[Snellius]

5. "The misrepresentation is estimated to have saved Manafort at least $400,000 in taxes..."

"according to Laporta."

How innocent people get sucked into this evil web:

Laporta, who has been granted immunity by federal prosecutors for her testimony, added that she chose to go along with the scheme in order to avoid potential litigation from Manafort's lobbying firm.

“I had a couple of choices at that point,” Laporta said. “I could have refused to file the tax return,” which would have led to a lawsuit, she said.

“I could have called Mr. Manafort and Mr. Gates liars,” she continued, according to the Post. “But Mr. Manafort was a longtime client of the firm and I did not want to do that, either.”

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/400346-manafort-accountant-testifies-she-helped-falsify-tax-records