CRIME/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A banker who previously worked with Paul Manafort but was never charged related to Manafort’s bank fraud schemes reported a burglary at his home early Tuesday [8-28-1-8] in New York, the New York Police Department confirmed to CNN. David Fallarino told the NYPD he was sleeping when heard the front door of his apartment slam shut at about 1:20 a.m. He got up and noticed an open terrace door that he thought he had closed and saw a crowbar on the terrace floor, he told police. He also noticed a bottle had been taken out of the wine cabinet. Fallarino then discovered that a briefcase had been taken, along with an iPad and a pair of sneakers he said had been in his living room, according to police. He later told investigators he had left the terrace door open when he went to sleep, the police said. The missing items were valued at $2,050, according to the NYPD, and the incident is under investigation. Federal prosecutors previously said Fallarino had helped in Manafort’s bank fraud schemes, but he was not charged in the bank fraud case in which Manafort was convicted of falsifying documents related to a 2016 Citizens Bank loan worth $3.4 million. Prosecutors said Fallarino was a key figure Manafort communicated with as the former Trump campaign chairman sought loans from Citizens Bank and lied to the bank to get better rates.”
–Mark Morales and Katelyn Polantz, “Former Paul Manafort banker reports robbery of his New York apartment,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 28, 2018 7:56 pm