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In a statement, the office said Allen Vesselberg pleaded guilty to 15 counts of tax fraud and evasion, including $1.76 million in unreported income between 2005 and 2021.
Weiselberg, 75, has worked for the Trump family since 1973, and the judiciary accuses him of benefiting from in-kind benefits, including an apartment in a luxury neighborhood in ManhattanRenting two Mercedes for him and his wife, getting money for his vacations, all of which kept the tax system away.
The statement quoted Manhattan Attorney General Alvin Bragg as saying that "Weiselberg has admitted in court to using his position at the Trump Organization to defraud taxpayers and enrich himself".
He added that "The agreement reached with the judiciary binds the foundation Trump directly into a wide range of criminal activities, and Weiselberg is required to give valuable testimony in the upcoming trial against the establishment.".
Initially, Weiselberg pleaded in July 2021 to acquit himself of the charges, which subject him to a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
But according to the agreement he made with the judiciary, he will only spend 5 months in prison, and he will pay about two million dollars, including taxes that he evaded, fines and interest, according to the statement.
Until this agreement was concluded, Weiselberg had refused to testify against Trump personally.
The criminal trial against the Trump Organization, which has pleaded not guilty, is scheduled to begin on October 24.
New York State Attorney General Leticia James is conducting another, but civil, investigation into the same suspicions of financial and tax fraud at the institution.
In this context, the former US president had to testify under oath last week, but he refused to answer questions under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which allows any litigant not to testify against himself.
In another case, a search was made of Trump’s home in Florida last week.
FBI investigators suspected that the former president violated the anti-terror law espionage which strictly regulates the possession of classified documents relating to national security, and"It is supposed to be kept only in private government facilities"According to court documents.
A parliamentary committee is also seeking to shed light on the billionaire’s role in the attack by a mob of supporters on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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In a statement, the office said Allen Vesselberg pleaded guilty to 15 counts of tax fraud and evasion, including $1.76 million in unreported income between 2005 and 2021.
Weiselberg, 75, has worked for the Trump family since 1973, and the judiciary accuses him of benefiting from in-kind benefits, including an apartment in a luxury neighborhood in ManhattanRenting two Mercedes for him and his wife, getting money for his vacations, all of which kept the tax system away.
“Weisselberg has admitted in court to using his position at the Trump Organization to defraud taxpayers and enrich himself,” the statement quoted Manhattan Attorney General Alvin Bragg as saying.
He added, “The agreement that was reached with the judiciary binds the institution Trump directly in a wide range of criminal activities, and Weisselberg is required to give valuable testimony in the upcoming trial against the establishment.”
Initially, Weiselberg pleaded in July 2021 to acquit himself of the charges, which subject him to a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
But according to the agreement he made with the judiciary, he will only spend 5 months in prison, and he will pay about two million dollars, including taxes that he evaded, fines and interest, according to the statement.
Until this agreement was concluded, Weiselberg had refused to testify against Trump personally.
The criminal trial against the Trump Organization, which has pleaded not guilty, is scheduled to begin on October 24.
New York State Attorney General Leticia James is conducting another, but civil, investigation into the same suspicions of financial and tax fraud at the institution.
In this context, the former US president had to testify under oath last week, but he refused to answer questions under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which allows any litigant not to testify against himself.
In another case, a search was made of Trump’s home in Florida last week.
FBI investigators suspected that the former president violated the anti-terror law espionage Which strictly regulates the possession of confidential documents related to national security, and “is supposed to be kept only in special government facilities,” according to judicial documents.
A parliamentary committee is also seeking to shed light on the billionaire’s role in the attack by a mob of supporters on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.