Former Trump Organization CFO Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud, Agrees to Testify in Trial
Posted on AllSides August 18th, 2022
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Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges Thursday as part of a deal that will require him to testify about the financial practices of the Trump real-estate empire that he helped run.
The executive and the company of former president Donald Trump were charged in July of last year with a 15-year tax fraud scheme, and were accused of collecting more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, according to the Associated Press.
Weisselberg is “being used by the Manhattan District Attorney as a...
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