Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort strikes $3.1M settlement with Justice Department

Paul Manafort, the embattled former Trump campaign chairman, agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by the Justice Department last year citing his failure to report financial interests in foreign bank accounts.

Notice of the settlement was filed last month in a federal court in Florida where Manafort now lives.

Manafort was among a string of allies and former aides pardoned by former President Donald Trump in the final days of his term.

Once a prominent Republican political adviser, Manafort had been convicted of defrauding banks and taxpayers out of millions of dollars he had amassed through illicit lobbying activities. He had been sentenced to four years in prison in Virginia and three years in Washington.

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Manafort was among several former Trump aides who were charged as a result of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible cooperation with the Trump campaign.

The cases against Manafort detailed how the former consultant tapped an illicit fortune to pay for expensive homes, clothing and luxury cars.

In the civil action, the Justice Department said Manafort had failed to report interests in more than 20 foreign accounts on his tax returns in 2013 and 2014.

At least 18 of the accounts were based in Cyprus, one in the United Kingdom and three in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

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