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Former Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty on Thursday to evading taxes.
Weisselberg, 75, admitted to 15 felonies arising from a scheme to avoid paying taxes on lavish perks.
« Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L Bragg, Jr. today announced the guilty plea of ALLEN Weisselberg, 75, the Chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization and an employee of the Trump Corporation – for devising and operating a 15-year scheme to defraud federal, New York State, and New York City tax authorities, evading payment of taxes due on USD 1.76 million in unreported income, » Manhattan District Attorney Alvin’s office said in a press statement.
In his plea allocution in Court, Weisselberg admitted that he engaged in the scheme to defraud together with his co-defendants, the Trump Corporation and the Trump Payroll Corp, specifically implicating the Trump Organization in the criminal charges.
