美国司法部周四对前特朗普竞选主席提起民事诉讼马纳福特。
Manafort涉嫌未能提交报告，披露他在2006年至2014年期间在塞浦路斯、圣文森特和格林纳丁斯以及英国控制的20多个离岸银行账户，该公司正寻求300万美元的罚款。
“今天的民事诉讼寻求对马纳福特先生的金钱判决，因为他没有提交税务表格，”马纳福特的律师杰弗里·内曼在给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说。“Manafort先生知道政府将提起诉讼，因为他几个月来一直试图解决这一民事问题。尽管如此，政府坚持提起诉讼只是为了让马纳福特先生难堪。
这项在佛罗里达州联邦法院提起的诉讼指出，财政部此前在2020年7月向他发送了一份关于处罚评估的通知。
马纳福特是被前总统唐纳德·特朗普赦免五个月后，在2020年12月，他因前特别顾问罗伯特·穆勒对俄罗斯干涉2016年大选的调查而被判税务欺诈、阴谋和阻挠罪。
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保罗·马纳福特于2018年6月15日抵达华盛顿美国地方法院参加听证会。
DOJ的诉讼表明，检察官不认为特朗普对马纳福特的赦免包括他在2013年和2014年没有提交外国银行账户报告。
DOJ suing Paul Manafort for $3M for allegedly failing to disclose offshore accounts
The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit on Thursday against former Trump campaign chairmanPaul Manafort.
It is seeking $3 million in fines and penalties over Manafort's alleged failure to file reports disclosing more than 20 offshore bank accounts he controlled in Cyprus, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the U.K. between 2006 and 2014.
"Today’s civil lawsuit seeks a money judgment against Mr. Manafort for simply failing to file a tax form," Manafort’s attorney Jeffrey Neiman said in a statement to ABC News. "Mr. Manafort was aware the Government was going to file the suit because he has tried for months to resolve this civil matter. Nonetheless, the Government insisted on filing this suit simply to embarrass Mr. Manafort."
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, notes that the Treasury Department previously sent him a notice of its assessment of the penalties in July of 2020.
Manafort waspardoned by former President Donald Trumpfive months later in December of 2020 for his tax fraud, conspiracy and obstruction convictions stemming from former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The DOJ's lawsuit indicates that prosecutors don't believe Trump's pardon of Manafort encompasses his failure to file Foreign Bank Account reports in 2013 and 2014.
