According to one exhibit j and j oriental rug gallery and jesand investment corporation through mr.
Manafort rug dealer.
Plus millions more for clothes condos and home renovations.
Jason nazmiyal a prominent manhattan rug dealer looks at manafort s rug spending and tells me it doesn t make sense this is not the behavior of a high end collector.
You can easily see how this would.
One of the claims in the 30 page indictment involved a series of excursions to an antique rugs dealer based in alexandria va where mr.
While most of manafort s alleged spending of dirty money happened out of town at least one local business got a slice of his expensive tastes.
Manafort entered into a loan agreement.
The indictment says manafort listed the soho.
Maybe paul manafort just loves carpets and he was not deluding anyone in any way.
Over a two year period beginning in 2008 for example manafort allegedly paid 1 034 350 to an alexandria virginia antique rug store using wire transfers from bank accounts in cyprus.
934 000 to an antique rug dealer in.
Manafort and gates also were accused of trying to hide money kept in foreign bank accounts manafort from 2011 to 2014 and gates from 2012 to 2014.
Antique dealer in new york.
Authorities say that between october 2008 and june 2010 manafort spent 934 350 at an antique rug shop in alexandria using money wired from accounts in cyprus.
That lifestyle included luxury cars expensive clothing and antique rugs the latter covering the floors of his homes and rental properties.
If you want.
An antique rug store.
934 350 is a totally reasonable amount of money to spend at a rug store.
Manafort is said to have spent 934 000 in eight.