Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 190-1 Filed 02/22/18 Page 8 of 37 13. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was a bureau in the Treasury responsible for administering the tax laws of the United States and collecting taxes owed to the Treasury. The Tax Scheme MANAFORT And GATES’ Wiring Money From Offshore Accounts Into The United States 14. In order to use the money in the offshore nominee accounts of the MANAFORT–GATES entities without paying taxes on it, MANAFORT and GATES caused millions of dollars in wire transfers from these accounts to be made for goods, services, and real estate. They did not report these transfers as income. 15. From 2008 to 2014, MANAFORT caused the following wires, totaling over $12,000,000, to be sent to the vendors listed below for personal items. MANAFORT did not pay taxes on this income, which was used to make the purchases. Payee Transaction Originating Account Country of Amount of Date Holder Origination Transaction Vendor A 6/10/2008 LOAV Advisors Limited Cyprus $107,000 (Home 6/25/2008 LOAV Advisors Limited Cyprus $23,500 Improvement 7/7/2008 LOAV Advisors Limited Cyprus $20,000 Company in the 8/5/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $59,000 Hamptons, New 9/2/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $272,000 York) 10/6/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $109,000 10/24/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $107,800 11/20/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $77,400 12/22/2008 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $100,000 1/14/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $9,250 1/29/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $97,670 2/25/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $108,100 4/16/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $94,394 5/7/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $54,000 5/12/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $9,550 6/1/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $86,650 6/18/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $34,400 7/31/2009 Yiakora Ventures Limited Cyprus $106,000 8