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Exhibit 824

Superseding Criminal Information, United States v. Manafort, No. 17-cr-201 (ABJ), Doc. 419

Exhibit 824 ยท Charging document

Superseding Criminal Information, United States v. Manafort, No. 17-cr-201 (ABJ), Doc. 419

MANAFORT arranged to pay Companies A and B over $2 million from his offshore accounts for their United States lobbying work for Ukraine.

Charges that from at least 2006 to 2015 Paul Manafort conspired with Richard Gates, Konstantin Kilimnik and others to act as unregistered agents of Ukraine. Describes the Hapsburg Group, four former European officials paid by Ukraine through Manafort's offshore accounts while appearing independent, and two unnamed Washington lobbying firms (Company A and Company B) that lobbied dozens of Members of Congress, staff and executive officials for President Yanukovych. Pages 25 and 26 describe false letters to the Justice Department in November 2016 and February 2017. The information does not name Company A or Company B.

Source
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Special Counsel's Office)
Date
14 September 2018
Quoted from
para. 39, p. 23
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1094141/dl
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
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Finding POL-6.6
Primary record The September 2018 Manafort superseding information charges that from at least 2006 to 2015 Manafort conspired with Richard Gates, Konstantin Kilimnik and others to act as unregistered agents of Ukraine, including by arranging payment of over $2 million from offshore accounts to two unnamed Washington lobbying firms, which the information does not identify. On 31 March 2017 DOJ's FARA unit told the Podesta Group and Mercury Public Affairs in separate letters that each had an obligation to register for political activities for the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine.