Donald Trump’s company was convicted of tax fraud on Tuesday in a case brought by the Manhattan District Attorney, a significant repudiation of financial practices at the former U.S. president’s business. A jury found two corporate entities at the Trump Organization guilty on all 17 counts, including conspiracy charges and falsifying business records. The guilty…
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Trump Organization lawyers blame ex-CFO for criminal tax fraud scheme
Weisselberg previously cut a plea deal admitting he dodged taxes on $1.76 million in compensation. He testified, sometimes emotionally, in exchange for the reduction of his possible 15-year prison sentence to five months on Rikers Island. The defense’s closing arguments also seized on that arrangement. “The prosecutors had him by the balls,” Trump Org. attorney…
Real Estate Broker Gets House Arrest in Homeless-Shelter Bribery Scheme
A New York real estate broker was sentenced to nine months of house arrest this week for paying a former shelter operator hundreds of thousands of dollars in a yearslong bribery scheme to profit from city funding meant for homeless people. The broker, Sheina Levin, 61, owned a real estate company in Brooklyn. As the…