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Irfan Kirimca, senior director of ticket operations for the New York Yankees also testified Friday afternoon.
Irfan Kirimca, senior director of ticket operations for the New York Yankees also testified Friday afternoon.
Kirimca corroborated earlier testimony from Gates, saying that when he searched the Yankees season ticket holders database at the government’s request ahead of trial, he “never” found any records indicating Gates purchased season tickets.
Gates wasn’t even in the database, Kirimica told prosecutors.
Prosecutors also heard testimony from Andrew Chojnowski, the chief operating officer at Federal Savings Bank.
Prosecutors also heard testimony from Andrew Chojnowski, the chief operating officer at Federal Savings Bank.
While Chojnowski was not personally involved in the approval of Manafort’s loan applications, he told jurors that he did review Manafort’s documents for the bank’s loan application packet.
Van Grack displayed a copy of the application for jurors and asked Chojnowski to read a portion of the warning on the form.
“The penalty for mortgage fraud is 30 years imprisonment or a $1 million fine,” Chojnowski read aloud.
“The penalty for mortgage fraud is 30 years imprisonment or a $1 million fine,” Chojnowski read aloud.
