Mueller moves for forfeiture order to seize Manafort assets
A court document submitted by Mueller's attorneys Friday afternoon called for Judge Amy Berman Jackson to grant Mueller's request to seize five properties in New York owned by Manafort as well as a life insurance policy and three bank accounts.
Forfeiture of the assets identified as part of Manafort's scheme to hide millions of dollars made lobbying for pro-Russia parties in Ukraine was agreed upon in a plea agreement signed by Mueller and Manafort last month following the former Trump associate being found guilty on eight counts in his Virginia trial.
"[T]he defendant admitted to the forfeiture allegations in the Information and agreed that the following property constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to the offense alleged in Count One," the court document states, while noting that two of the New York properties were substitutes for assets unable to be seized by the government.
The filing by Mueller's attorneys adds that any person claiming a legal interest other than Manafort in the properties or seized assets would have 30 days to petition the court to assert their legal stake in the assets once the order is approved.
"Any person, other than the defendant, asserting a legal interest in the Forfeited Assets may, within thirty days of the final publication of notice or receipt of notice, whichever is earlier, petition the Court for a hearing without a jury to adjudicate the validity of their alleged interest in the property," the document states.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/410167-mueller-moves-for-forfeiture-order-to-seize-manafort-assets