US, Trump Organization accused of 15 years of tax fraud. Financial director indicted for evasion
The Trump Organization, a company that deals with the activities and investments of the former American president, was indicted by the New York prosecutor for a 15-year tax fraud scheme, from 2005 to June 2021, while its chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg was challenged for tax evasion on $ 1.7 million in benefits. Accusations of aggravated theft are also pending on him, who pleads "not guilty" and has already handed himself over to the authorities.
The tax offenses of which they have been indicted relate to the failure to pay taxes for the benefits of the company's managers. The provision is the result of years of investigations conducted by New York prosecutors on the former president’s empire. These investigations, such as the impeachment one, were called "nonsense" by Trump in an interview with Fox News. "The extremist prosecutors in New York are against me, we have to fight," he added.
According to the sources of the US newspaper, it is not expected that Trump will be directly affected by the indictments. However, the arrest of one of his closest associates who has worked alongside him since the 1980s could lead to an escalation of legal problems for the former White House tenant.
The prosecutors hope, in fact, that the financial director of the Trump Organization will collaborate and that in exchange for the reduced sentence he will agree to be a witness in the investigation into the tycoon's alleged tax evasion, as had happened in the same investigation launched in 2018 based on statements by former Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who became a major prosecutor after being indicted for paying porn star Stormy Daniels' silence on his relationship with Trump. Then the investigation continued examining some Trump Organization transactions and never stopped, despite the then president appealing to the Supreme Court, stating that as president he could not be investigated by a state prosecutor. Up until now, Trump and his company have never faced criminal charges, but have been involved in several civil cases. One example is those against Trump University, accused of defrauding its members and closed by the former president in 2016 after a $ 25 million deal.
