Federal government is taking steps to seize Paul Manafort's Trump Tower condo
- In a court filing Friday, prosecutors said the government would take custody of the condo and Paul Manafort's Hamptons estate on or after October 20
- The former Trump campaign manager was convicted on eight counts of bank fraud and tax fraud and made a deal with Robert Mueller to avoid a second trial
- He forfeited five New York homes and three bank accounts as part of the deal
- Manafort purchased the 43rd-floor condo in Manhattan in 2006 for $3.7million
The federal government is moving to take control of Paul Manafort's Trump Tower condo.
That property is one of several that Manafort, Trump's former campaign boss, agreed to forefeit under a plea deal last month with the office of special counsel Robert Mueller.
In a court filing Friday, prosecutors said the government would take control and custody on or after October 20 of the Trump Tower condo and a luxury estate in the Hamptons.
Mueller is also moving to seize three other New York properties of Manafort's as well as funds from three different bank accounts.
The government is moving to take control of the Trump Tower condo Paul Manafort forfeited as part of his plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, prosecutors said Friday
Manafort purchased the 43rd-floor condo at Trump Tower in Manhattan in 2006 for $3.7million
Manafort pleaded guilty last month to charges related to his Ukrainian political consulting work and agreed to cooperate with Mueller's investigation. He had earlier been found guilty in a trial in Virginia.
As part of his plea deal, Mueller agreed to hand over five New York properties - a ritzy estate in the Hamptons, a Brooklyn brownstone, and three Manhattan apartments -worth an estimated $22million total.
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An initial agreement would have required that Manafort forfeit his home in Arlington, Virginia, but the 69-year-old traded that property for one of the Manhattan apartments.
He also negotiated to hold onto one of four bank accounts the government planned to seize by giving up his 43rd-floor apartment at Trump Tower, which he purchased for $3.7million in 2006.
In April 2017 Manafort was accused of having received an illegal tax break by claiming both the apartment and another home in Florida as his primary residence.
In addition to the real estate, Manafort agreed to hand over $30million in cash and other assets, including a life-insurance policy.
In exchange, the lobbyist will be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison and will cooperate with Mueller's ongoing Russia probe.
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