# Paul Manafort convicted on eight counts of tax and bank fraud

Date: 2018

On 21 August 2018 a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia convicted former [Trump campaign](/organizations/trump-campaign) chairman [Paul Manafort](/people/paul-manafort) on eight counts of tax fraud, bank fraud and failing to report foreign bank accounts, in a case brought by Special Counsel [Robert Mueller](/people/robert-mueller). Much of the hidden income came from his political work in Ukraine for [Viktor Yanukovych](/people/viktor-yanukovych)'s camp.

## People

- Paul Manafort: https://factrail.ai/people/paul-manafort

## Sources

- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/manafort-convicted-8-counts-n901231
- https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/politics/paul-manafort-trial-jury/index.html
- https://www.npr.org/2018/08/21/640537446/paul-manafort-jury-asks-for-instructions-about-consensus-on-1-charge

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/manafort-convicted-virginia-fraud-2018-08-21