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October 27, 2017, Paul Manafort and Rick Gates were Indicted. Read It Here.

GLOBAL ENDEAVOUR WIRE TRANSFERS

These 13 Wire Transfers Are A Focus Of The FBI Probe Into Paul Manafort  BuzzFeed Jason Leopold  Anthony Cormier “BuzzFeed News has learned specific details about 13 of the wire transfers, all of which took place between 2012 and 2013. At least four of the transfers originated with Manafort’s company Global Endeavour, a political consulting firm based in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Global Endeavour was hired by Yanukovych to consult and lobby on his behalf. Ousted after the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution, Yanukovych lives in exile in Russia and is accused of treason by Ukrainian authorities; the country’s general prosecutor said Yanukovych’s embezzlement of state funds was so egregious it resembled a “mafia structure.”

Wire transfers flagged as suspicious show that during the waning months of Yanukovych’s presidency, Global Endeavour sent more than $750,000 out of Ukraine. None of these transactions have been previously reported.

In November and December of 2013, for example, the company transferred almost $53,000 to Konstantin Kilimnik, a Kiev-based political operator. It’s not known what the money was for. A federal law enforcement official described Kilimnik as a linguist trained by the Russian army and about whom the US has gathered intelligence. He reportedly attended a military school some experts believe to be a training ground for Russian spies.

Kilimnik worked with Manafort for more than a decade, and the Washington Post reported that Manafort emailed his old partner in 2016 to offer “private briefings” to a Russian billionaire close to President Vladimir Putin.

In September 2013, Global Endeavour transferred $500,000 that would ultimately end up back in Manafort’s control. First it went to a hedge fund in Florida, Aegis Holdings LLC, that is controlled by Marc Baldinger, a broker who in 2014 was suspended for 18 months for engaging in deals his financial institution didn’t know about. Baldinger’s brother, Bruce, is a real estate attorney who has worked with Manafort for about a decade.

The day after Aegis Holdings received the $500,000, it transferred the same amount to a securities clearinghouse, which ultimately sent the funds to Lilred LLC in Morristown, New Jersey. Lilred is run out of a brick office park. Business records show its manager is Manafort; its registered agent is Bruce Baldinger. Marc Baldinger told bank officials the money was a regular investment contribution from Manafort.

Also in late 2013, Global Endeavour sent out $200,000 to a remodeling company in Long Island, SP&C Home Improvement. Stephen Jacobsen, a representative, told bank officials the funds were an advance on a remodeling project.

That project, at 377 Union Street in Brooklyn, has been the subject of media reports. The brownstone in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood first belonged to a company controlled by Manafort and his son-in-law, Jeffrey Yohai. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism is investigating Yohai and requested from FinCEN in June any suspicious financial transactions in which he is named, according to a copy of a letter reviewed by BuzzFeed News. He declined to comment.

In addition to transactions involving Global Endeavour, there were wire transfers, never before reported, flagged as suspicious involving other companies. There were three by the Cyprus-based Lucicle Consultants — which has “strong ties” to Manafort, according to federal law enforcement sources — in March and April 2012. The company transferred a total of about $2.5 million, some of it directly to accounts controlled by Manafort. No contact information for Lucicle or any of its officers could be found.”


LOANS AND MT YOHAI LLC BANKRUPTCY DECEMBER 21, 2016

Prosecutors Seek Plea Deal With Manafort’s Former Son-in Law Wall Street Journal  Jeffrey Yohai, who worked with his father-in-law on real-estate deals, hasn’t been charged with any crime By Michael Rothfeld and Katy Stech Ferek

Jeffrey Yohai married to Paul Manafort’s daughter Jessica, is under criminal investigation by the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office in LA.

Andrea is Manafort’s other daughter, and wife is Kathleen.

Ex-Trump adviser Paul Manafort conspired to mislead bankruptcy court, son-in-law charges

On September 12, 2006, transferred November 2, 2006, Manafort purchased Trump Tower 721 Fifth Ave. unit 43-G for $3,675,000 CASH under the company John Hannah LLC, and created a loan from Oleg Deripaska for $10 million.  NYC Tax Records, pages 7&9       Deed & Proof of Sale

On April 7, 2015, Manafort and his wife Kathleen mortgaged the Trump Tower unit 43-G from Flint, MI, lender Mers, for $3million. NYC Registration of Mortgage  2015 NYC Deed