The money is to settle a civil case brought by the Justice Department last year over foreign bank accounts that he did not declare to United States officials.
Jeffrey Neiman, a lawyer for Manafort, confirmed the settlement in a brief telephone interview on Sunday and said his client “is happy to have this chapter of his life behind him.”
According to the Justice Department, Manafort earned income from consulting work in Ukraine and deposited the money in several overseas accounts in Cyprus, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom. Manafort briefly managed Trump’s campaign in 2016 before he was ousted from that role amid questions about his consulting work in Ukraine, for which he earned millions.
At one point, Manafort was sentenced to more than seven years in prison but was released early in 2020 as a result of health concerns during theThough Trump had pardoned Manafort for financial crimes covering this period, the Justice Department complaint
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