Stephen Calk used the federally insured bank he ran 'as his personal piggybank to try and buy himself prestige and power,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said.
Calk's lawyer, Paul Schoeman, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a scheme that stretched from July 2016 to January 2017, Calk worked to approve multiple high-risk loans for Manafort, who urgently needed them to avoid foreclosure on several properties. While the loans were pending approval, Calk provided Manafort with a ranked list of positions he desired. At the top were the two head positions at the U.S. Treasury, followed by secretary of Commerce and secretary of Defense. The list also included 19 high-level ambassadorships to countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy.
Manafort received three separate Federal Savings Bank loans in December 2016 and January 2017 for homes in New York City, Virginia and the Hamptons, New York. As part of his efforts to secure Calk a position in the Trump administration, Manafort emailed Calk's resume to Jared Kushner. Calk eventually got an interview at Trump Tower, but he was never offered any job within the administration.Special counsel Robert Mueller's office charged Manafort with tax evasion and violating federal lobbying laws, among other crimes, for concealing millions of dollars he earned representing pro-Russian political figures in Ukraine.
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