(Ranked on Spades (Funcom) Ladder) on December 07, 2022 at 05:58:10:In Reply to: 17 counts of Fraud--What's next--Jail soon? posted by lil_thummper (Gold Member) on December 06, 2022 at 20:24:55:
Will the Witch Hunt ever end?
This from National Review, a political news source:
A criminal court jury in Manhattan found the Trump Organization guilty on all charges in a criminal tax fraud scheme on Tuesday.
The Trump Corporation was convicted on nine criminal counts, while the Trump Payroll Corporation was found guilty of eight criminal counts. Both corporations are a part of the Trump Organization. The 17 counts include scheme to defraud, conspiracy, criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records.
The two corporations face criminal penalties of up to $1.6 million. Jurors deliberated for just over a day before reaching a verdict.
Former president Donald Trump was not charged in the case and claimed in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that the district attorney’s office had been “fighting a political Witch Hunt for D.C. against ‘Trump.'”
(Ike- Did you Pinkos catch that: THE DONALD WAS NOT CHARGED IN THE CASE)
The Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg were indicted last year, with prosecutors alleging that the Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corporations paid their “already highly paid utives,” even more by “cheating on their taxes” between 2005 and June 2021. The company relied on off-the-books benefits including luxury cars and free apartments.
The 75-year-old former CFO pleaded guilty to 15 felony charges in August after a three-year investigation by the Manhattan DA’s office.
The two corporations argued Weisselberg was to blame for the scheme and that he had implemented the plan to his own benefit.
Weisselberg, who received a reduced sentence for testifying on behalf of the DA’s office, evaded $1.76 million in taxes through the receipt of various luxury perks, prosecutors said.
“It was my own personal greed that led to this,” Weisselberg said during an emotional testimony.
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When will the real criminals that are on a mission to destroy America be charged? We all know who they are: Obama, Hillary, Biden & all their cronies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coV9xcbMk-s
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: : : Trumps had role in fraud scheme, former testifies at company's trial.
: : : Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified in court Thursday, describing how Donald Trump and two of his children allegedly participated in a scheme to defraud tax authorities. Weisselberg said Donald Trump, or at times Eric Trump or Donald Trump Jr., signed checks to pay up to $100,000 for private school tuition for Weisselberg's grandchildren. Weisselberg said he then instructed the company's controller to deduct the $100,000 from his salary, allowing him to report a smaller income. Copies of some of the checks signed by the Trumps have been shown in court. Weisselberg said the first time Trump signed a tuition check, Weisselberg told him, "Don't forget, I'm going to pay you back for this." The payback, he said, was the salary reduction. Two Trump Organization entities and Weisselberg are accused of more than a dozen counts of fraud and tax evasion. Weisselberg entered a guilty plea in August, admitting to charges filed by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office accusing him of receiving more than $1.7 million in untaxed compensation. Weisselberg, who is still on the Trump Organization's payroll, has over the first two days of testimony described a litany of benefits he and several other utives received for which he said their salaries were similarly reduced to avoid paying taxes. https://flipboard.com/article/trumps-had-role-in-fraud-scheme-former--testifies-at-company-s-trial/f-ab386af159%2Fyahoo.com
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: : According to your boy Weisselberg he stated twice on cross-examination that none of the Trumps conspired or schemed with him.
: : You left out the most relevant part - the cross-examination by the defense attorney:
: : Defense attorney Alan Futerfas later asked Weisselberg, "(Trump) didn't authorize you to commit tax fraud did he?"
: : "Of course not," Weisselberg replied.
: : Weisselberg said the funds delivered as independent contractor payments were used to set up Keogh retirement plans, tax-deferred pension accounts designed for people who are self-employed.
: : Defense attorneys for the Trump Organization have said the company did nothing wrong, and laid the scheme squarely at Weisselberg's feet, saying he hid the salary reductions and independent contractor payments from the Trumps.
: : Futerfas asked Weisselberg, "What human being did you scheme with?"
: : Weisselberg replied, "Jeff McConney," referring to the company's controller, who previously testified during the trial. McConney was granted immunity in exchange for grand jury testimony in the case, and blamed Weisselberg for the scheme.
: : Futerfas continued with questions seeking to differentiate the Trumps from the utives who worked beneath them.
: : "Did you conspire with any member of the Trump family?" Futerfas asked.
: : "No," Weisselberg replied.
: : "Did you scheme with Jeff McConney?" Futerfas asked.
: : "Yes," Weisselberg replied.
: : "Did you scheme with any member of the Trump family?" Futerfas asked.
: : "No," Weisselberg replied.
: : Later, Futerfas asked, "Aside from family members, you were among the most trusted people they knew. Is that right?"
: : "Correct," Weisselberg replied.
: : Soon after, Futerfas asked, "Are you embarrassed about what you did?"
: : Choking up, Weisselberg replied, "More than you can imagine."