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Drama in the "Trump Organization" affair: the former CFO pleaded guilty | Israel Hayom

2022-08-18T15:29:46.571Z


The organization's former CFO Alan Weiselberg, who was actually one of the closest people to the president during his business career before turning to politics, has pleaded guilty to long-standing fraud charges against him


A week after the raid on former President Donald Trump's estate, he suffers another blow in a case that is not directly related to him but to the indictment against the "Trump Organization" he founded. 

The organization's former CFO Alan Weiselberg, who was actually one of the closest people to the president during his business career before turning to politics, pleaded guilty to the charges against him

Weiselberg admitted that he was behind a comprehensive fraud system in the framework of which exorbitant benefits were granted to the executives of the company founded by the former president, thus effectively evading taxes on a large scale.

The sections in the indictment included forgery of corporate documents and robbery because he claimed that the company had in fact defrauded the tax authorities for about 15 years.

There is a civil proceeding against Trump on issues indirectly related to alleged irregularities for which he was responsible by virtue of being the head of the organization, but he is not included in the current indictment.

He recently testified under oath in the civil proceedings, but chose to use the constitutional right of silence granted to him not to answer most of the questions. 

According to prosecutors, Weiselberg actually evaded paying at least $1.76 million in taxes, including for renting an apartment in Manhattan and leasing luxury cars and tuition payments, while former President Donald Trump was the one who signed some of the documents. 

The Trump Organization itself is also on trial for similar counts of fraud.

As you may recall, Trump recently made headlines in an unrelated case, when FBI agents raided his estate in Florida in order to obtain documents that he allegedly kept without permission since he left the White House.

Among other things, it was suspected that the possession of the materials, some of which are prohibited or probably related to nuclear weapons, is a violation of the Espionage Act in the US, although it is not clear which specific sections are involved.

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Source: israelhayom

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