Originally Posted by Lascauxcaveman

From what I've read, Manafort was clearly defrauding bankers, laundering money more or less stolen (not delivering what he promised) from Russian-backed Ukraine political interests in shady deals by funneling it though his domestic real estate investments.

As I understand it, Grant's main crime is attempting to sell bicycles and accessories, and despite his rather high prices, not consistently making enough profit to pay all the bills.

So yeah, same deal, you pretty much nailed it.