One-Time Paul Manafort Banker Robbed of iPad, Briefcase in Mysterious Overnight Break-in at His NYC

[Julian Englis]

Source: NBC Channel 4 New York

Paul Manafort's one-time banker had his Manhattan penthouse burglarized overnight, a mysterious break-in that saw a briefcase, iPad and sneakers stolen from the residence, law enforcement sources familiar with the case tell News 4.

David Fallarino, dubbed Manafort's "front office banker" at Citizens Bank by the Huffington Post, told authorities he left the terrace door of his West 58th Street home open before he went to sleep Monday, the sources say. The building is nine floors, city records show.

Fallarino, 38, said he heard a noise around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday and went out to find a crow bar on the terrace, the sources say. There were no apparent signs of forced entry, the sources say, but Fallarino reported his wine cabinet was open and there was a bottle of wine on the floor. The briefcase, iPad and sneakers were the only items missing; the contents of the first two were unknown.

The sources did not have any information on a possible suspect or suspects. Repeated attempts to reach Fallarino were unsuccessful; an assistant at Citizens Bank said he was on vacation and declined to comment. Citizens Bank also declined corporate comment, referring questions to the NYPD

Read more: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Paul-Manafort-Banker-Burglary-David-Fallarino-Investigation-491904501.html

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This is creepy.

[bearsfootball516]

1. Reminiscent of Watergate.

[jberryhill]

2. He left a door open, someone came in, and took stuff

What's so "mysterious" about that?

[cstanleytech]

3. Agreed. Given Apple's encryption there is little chance

that it would do anyone any good anyway.

[mr_lebowski]

6. It would make data therein cease to be in this man's control, potentially ... unless there's backups

Just sayin' ...

Also not everyone sets login passwords on their IPads ...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Doesn't Apple back up everything into its "cloud" servers?

Get a new iPad, restore from the cloud, walla! Documents!

The briefcase, I'm sure, contained documents which were never created by computer, are not backed up, are lost forever, and happen to be the documents the court is looking for.

Burglar, eh? I always said the dog ate my papers.

[Codeine]

18. Mr Pedantic Says. . .

It’s “voila”, not “walla.”

Sorry, that one drives me nuts.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. Mission accomplished!

But, aside from driving people nuts, I try to stick with DU-specific spellings.

Walla.
Moran.
Hugh.
Series.

It's what separates us from the Russian bots. Not to cast asparagus on any particular Russian bot.

[Codeine]

23. Ah!

I did not know that one. I stand corrected.

[Calista241]

30. Only if you go in and manage the settings to back up to iCloud.

And I’d you have a lot of documents, you’ll need to pay for additional storage space on the iCloud servers.

So the answer is “the documents could still be available, but only if the owner wanted such backups and managed his iPad appropriately.”

[cstanleytech]

11. Most people with common sense should use login passwords.

I know that I typically use a long random alphanumeric password for all of my devices such as the Tab S3 I am posting this from.

[Codeine]

19. Totally. Every modern iPad requires

a 6 digit numeric password, and most users add the fingerprint lock to the home button as well.

[louis-t]

7. He lives on the 9th floor.

[jberryhill]

12. Yeah, and?

You know there is a reason why 9th floor balcony doors have locks on them, yes?

[louis-t]

15. I wouldn't climb 9 stories to steal running shoes.

And a laptop.

[jberryhill]

17. Well, you don't know what's inside till you get there

Quite obviously, someone did just that.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

31. Would you climb down one story from the 10th floor?

Or two stories from the roof? Not too bad, with a rope ladder.

But, I'd bet the "burglar" walked through the front door, then opened the balcony door, placed a crowbar on the balcony, picked up the items clearly labeled "These are the items you want, nothing else", and then left by the front door.

Not that I suspect an inside job or anything.

[PSPS]

8. It isn't. People watch too many movies and think they're real. DU version of anon q or something.

[mr_lebowski]

4. I suspect trained Russian Commandos ...

Anyone be surprised if this guy had been deposed or at least questioned for Manafort's trial(s)? I wouldn't ...

I therefore also wouldn't be surprised if Putin somehow came to find out that Manafort's ex-banker has some damning evidence in his possession ...

[DRoseDARs]

5. And sneakers. Right. To make it look like a run-of-the-mill burglary. nt

[EarthFirst]

20. I got a kick out of that one; too...

Just average blue-collar crime happening here folks; move along!

[bucolic_frolic]

9. You could start a spy novel with that one

[Julian Englis]

13. Sometimes, it's hard to believe in coincidences. eom

[erronis]

16. Upvoting this thread just for your post. Bravo!

[Squinch]

14. Watch for a new spate of dead Russians in the coming months.

Putin doesn't like when his money laundering operations are made public.

[orangecrush]

21. Daniel Ellsberg.

[NotASurfer]

24. Sounds like he threw evidence into a dumpster ahead of a perceived subpoena

Then made up a story about a targeted break-in as a cover

And in Mueller or other investigators already has the data, what's the penalty for trying to destroy evidence?

[mahina]

32. +1

[ck4829]

25. Hmmm...

[Midnight Writer]

26. The Plumber did it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. You should not expect your COMMAND to be obeyed without an explanation from you. Maybe even reasons.

[Botany]

29. He left the door opened and the Russians or somebody working for the Russians came ...

.... and took "the stuff."