Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty to tax evasion, was sentenced Tuesday in New York to five months in prison and more than $2 million in fines, Manhattan prosecutors said.
Allen Weisselberg, who is close to Donald Trump, had pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraud and tax evasion involving $1.76 million in unreported income between 2005 and 2021, as part of a large financial fraud case in which The Trump Organization was also found. guilty on December 6, a criminal first for this group.
“In Manhattan, you have to play by the rules, whoever you are and work for whoever,” thundered New York State Attorney for the District of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, in a statement announcing a five-month prison sentence. and more than $2 million in return. Taxes, penalties, and interest owed to New York State and New York City taxing authorities.
“Weisselberg will serve his prison sentence for his crimes,”
“Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg used his position to secure lavish perks like free rent on a luxury Manhattan apartment, several Mercedes-Benz cars, and private school tuition for his grandchildren, all tax-free. required. ”, denounced the prosecutor, an elected Democrat.
“Weisselberg will serve his prison sentence for his crimes,” added Alvin Bragg, while US media claimed that the former financial director would spend the next few months in Rikers Island prison in New York.
The case refers to a system of false accounting declarations to hide for years (from 2005 to 2018) from the tax services financial compensation in kind of certain senior executives, in particular Allen Weisselberg, who had testified in the trial of the Trump Organization in last november. after pleading guilty in August.
Source: BFM TV
