Fraud

The company's longtime chief financial officer had pleaded guilty to 15 felonies and testified against the Trump Organization, which was convicted last ...

Under an agreement with prosecutors, Weisselberg agreed to testify in exchange for a lighter sentence. For example, he admitted arranging for himself and other executives to be improperly paid as freelancers, which allowed them to open tax-advantaged retirement accounts. Weisselberg, 75, pleaded guilty to 15 counts in August, including grand larceny tax fraud and falsifying business records.

Weisselberg, 75, pleaded guilty to 15 tax crimes and agreed to testify against Trump Organization after being arrested in July 2021.

It punished him only nominally after his arrest in July 2021, reassigning him to senior adviser. The judge also sentenced Weisselberg to five years’ probation. He said they fudged payroll records and issued falsified W-2 forms. Weisselberg testified that neither Trump nor his family knew about the scheme as it was happening, choking up as he told jurors: “It was my own personal greed that led to this.” He will probably be held at Rikers Island in New York City, becoming eligible for release after a little more than three months. As part of the plea agreement, the judge, Juan Manuel Merchan, ordered Weisselberg to pay nearly $2m in taxes, penalties and interest, which as of 3 January he had paid.

A cryptocurrency purchaser can't proceed with a fraud suit against the token issuer, video streaming service Open Props Inc., because he was aware of the ...

Open Props, then called YouNow Inc., announced its new Props Tokens in September 2017, Rostami said. Props Token holder Romein Rostami also failed to show that Open Props intended to defraud him, Judge A cryptocurrency purchaser can’t proceed with a fraud suit against the token issuer, video streaming service Open Props Inc., because he was aware of the inherent risks of the investment, a federal court in New York ruled.

The executive's testimony led to charges against the Trump Organization, although he said Trump was unaware of misdeeds.

He even celebrated his 75th birthday at Trump Tower with cake and colleagues in August, just hours after finalising the plea agreement that ushered his transformation from loyal executive to prosecution witness. He later joined Donald Trump in 1986, helping expand the company’s focus beyond New York City as it became a global golf and hotel brand. He faced up to 15 years in prison without the agreement.

Weisselberg, 75, was promised a sentence of five months in jail when he agreed to plead guilty to 15 tax crimes and testify against the company, ...

Though he is now on a leave of absence, the company continues to pay Weisselberg $640,000 in salary and $500,000 in holiday bonuses. A Manhattan jury convicted the Trump Organization in December, finding that Weisselberg had been a “high managerial” agent entrusted to act on behalf of the company and its various entities. He said Trump’s eldest sons, entrusted to run the company while Trump was president, gave him a $200,000 raise after an internal audit found he had been reducing his salary and bonuses by the cost of the perks. He is the only person charged in the Manhattan district attorney’s three-year investigation of Trump and his business practices. Weisselberg testified for three days, offering a glimpse into the inner workings of Trump’s real estate empire. When he begins serving his sentence, Weisselberg is expected to be locked up at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex.

Two Trump Organization subsidiaries were convicted of tax fraud and other crimes after a trial featuring testimony by Weisselberg.

Weisselberg also regrets the harm his actions have caused to the Trump Organization and members of the Trump family. "Today is obviously a difficult day for him, but it is a day for which he has been preparing for many months," Weisselberg attorney Nicholas Gravante said in a statement. Weisselberg came to court today ready to begin his sentence, and he is grateful that it has now begun." Weisselberg was dressed in casual clothes when he arrived at a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday afternoon ahead of the hearing. "These consequential felony convictions put on full display the inner workings of former President Trump's companies and its CFO's actions." The 75-year-old former CFO was handcuffed and led out of a Manhattan courtroom shortly after 2:30 p.m.

A pirate attack turns out to be insurance fraud, and the man who has suspicions is murdered. A case that illustrates broader exploitation and ...

UConn Health's Pepper Center is recruiting participants for a pilot study to test the hypothesis that apathy affects thinking and decision-making in people ...

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The trial of Resorts Express Concept Nigeria Limited before Justice D. U. Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, continued today, Tuesday, January 10, ...

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The ex-MP for Sheffield Hallam is due to stand trial alongside a former aide later this month.

Former Sheffield MP Jared O'Mara has pleaded not guilty to an eighth charge of fraud ahead of his trial. A previous hearing was told some of the counts related to "services purported to have been provided by Gareth Arnold" and others referred to "services purported to have been provided by Confident About Autism South Yorkshire". Former Sheffield MP Jared O'Mara denies eighth fraud charge

The UK's top fraud prosecutor said it has arrested three people in a criminal investigation linked to an unidentified energy business.

Stephanie McNair, 25, and Sharccara R. McNair, 37, were separately indicted in a multi-count indictment for the crimes of making fraudulent statements and ...

Stephanie has 15 counts of fraud - making fraudulent statements/representations and 1 count of fraud - computer McNair, 37, were separately indicted in a multi-count indictment for the crimes of making fraudulent statements and representation and computer fraud on Tuesday. The alleged acts occurred between 2018 and 2021.

This morning, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) searched three premises across England, with support from National Crime Agency and local police colleagues.

As this is an ongoing investigation, the SFO can provide no further comment or information at this time. This activity is linked to a new criminal investigation opened by the SFO in November 2022 into a business in the energy sector. This morning, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) searched three premises across England, with support from National Crime Agency and local police colleagues.