BREAKING: Trump Organization Found Guilty of Tax Fraud
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’s eponymous company was found guilty of tax fraud in a weeks-long Manhattan criminal fraud trial where prosecutors claimed the ex-president was “explicitly sanctioning tax fraud.” The organization was convicted on all nine counts on which it was charged after less than two days of jury deliberation., Trump Payroll Corporation, and Trump Corporation — stemmed from a 2021 indictment. Prosecutors alleged that the companies colluded in a 15-year-long tax fraud scheme.
Prosecutors maintained that Weisselberg, who for decades served as Trump’s moneyman, enjoyed many benefits for his almost 50 years of loyalty to the clan. Starting in 2005, Weisselberg stayed rent-free in an apartment on Manhattan’s West Side that was paid for by The Trump Corporation. alleged. These perks didn’t end at a free residence — Trump’s corporation covered leases on two Mercedes-Benzes that Weisselberg and his wife allegedly treated as their personal cars.
Weisselberg copped to a 15-count indictment in August for these purported payouts. The septuagenarian answered “yes, your honor” when judge Juan Merchan questioned if he “engaged in a scheme” with the Trump Organization “to defraud federal, New York state, and New York City tax authorities.” Weisselberg’s bombshell admission appeared to directly place Trump’s businesses at the center of criminal wrongdoing, including tax fraud and falsification of business records.
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