#ManafortTrial Thread - (1/3)
Today we expect to hear from witness Darin Evenson, director of customer experience at AirBnB.
Evenson will likely talk about the $2.8 million condo Manafort purchased in NYC.
Today we expect to hear from witness Darin Evenson, director of customer experience at AirBnB.
Evenson will likely talk about the $2.8 million condo Manafort purchased in NYC.
Prosecutors allege the property was purchased with untaxed funds Manafort wired from Cyprus. They also claim he falsely misclassified the property as a second, owner-occupied home instead of a rental.
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The scheme was undertaken, prosecutors allege, so he could obtain a more favorable loan when applying for a mortgage. According to the indictment, Manafort’s ploy worked – a bank gave him a loan of $3.1 million based on the representations he made about the property.
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