Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. revealed the charges in a 16-count indictment Wednesday afternoon.
The New York crimes Manafort is being charged with are residential mortgage fraud, conspiracy, falsifying records, and a scheme to defraud. The alleged scheme involved falsifying bank records in order to obtain big loans in a state where Manafort held property and did business.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Likely to show up in other reporting, first seen at Daily Mail, today March 13, "BREAKING NEWS: Manhattan DA indicts Paul Manafort on fraud charges that are NOT subject to Trump's pardon power – minutes after furious federal judge sentences Trump campaign chief to three and a half MORE years saying he was only sorry he got caught."
Link. Early paragraphs in the rather detailed report: