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Executives at the Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corporation were found guilty of 17 counts of tax fraud in a Manhattan court this morning. , he was the Trump Organization's former finance chief. Weisselberg pleaded guilty to tax avoidance last year and was sentenced to five months in New York City's Rikers Island jail.
The Trump Organization was charged with tax fraud for avoiding taxes over a 15-year period by compensating executives with different perks such as luxury cars, private school tuition, and apartments. The defense attorney for the Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corporation said they plan to appeal the conviction. Trump nor his family members were charged in the case. Trump denied any knowledge of the tax evasion.
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