Trump Organization Sentenced , to Pay $1.61 Million for Tax Fraud.
NPR reports that on Jan. 13, the Manhattan
criminal court ordered two of Trump's companies
to pay the combined amount for tax fraud.
Payment is due within 14 days of sentencing.
This conviction was consequential, the first time ever for a criminal conviction of former President Trump's companies, Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney, via statement.
However, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
thinks the organization's fine, which is the most allowed
per state sentencing guidelines, isn't enough.
Our laws in this state need to change in order to capture this type of decade-plus systemic
and egregious fraud, Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney, via statement.
Trump Organization spokesperson
Kimberly Benza said the
company intends to appeal.
New York has become the crime and murder capital of the world, , Kimberly Benza, Trump Organization spokesperson, via statement.
... yet these politically motivated prosecutors will stop at nothing to get President Trump and continue the never ending witch-hunt which began the day he announced his presidency, Kimberly Benza, Trump Organization spokesperson, via statement.
The Trump Organization's longtime CFO,
Allen Weisselberg, was sentenced to five months in prison earlier this week for his role in the tax fraud scheme.
Benza previously referred to Weisselberg
as a "victim" of the ordeal.
Allen Weisselberg is a victim. He was threatened, intimidated and terrorized. , Kimberly Benza, Trump Organization spokesperson, via statement.
He was given a choice of pleading guilty and serving 90 days in prison or serving the rest of his life in jail — all of this over a corporate car and standard employee benefits, Kimberly Benza, Trump Organization spokesperson, via statement