Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for $3 million for allegedly failing to disclose cash stored in more than 20 foreign bank accounts.
The feds allege Manafort used the offshore accounts to receive payment for consulting former President Viktor Yanukovich of Ukraine, who was a known ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and who was in power between 2010 and 2014.
Some accounts were held in the names of shell companies controlled by Manafort, while others listed him as a signature authority, according to the lawsuit which was obtained by DailyMail.com.
The lawsuit did not reveal how much cash Manafort is accused of failing to declare.
Manafort was previously accused in 2018 of hiding $16million earned by consulting pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine to fund his opulent lifestyles. Prosecutors, at the time, alleged he then lied banks to secure $20million in loans after his Ukrainian income dried up and he needed cash.
He was convicted in 2018 on tax evasion and bank fraud charges, but was later pardoned by Trump in 2020, shortly before the president left office.
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