Fraud case against Trump family
After a three-year investigation into the Trump Organization, former US President Donald Trump and his three children filed a fraud case against US Attorney General Leticia James of the state of New York.
The lawsuit alleges that members of the Trump family falsified land values to obtain loans and evade taxes. Lawyers said the Trump Organization was involved in fraudulent activities multiple times between 2011 and 2021.
Donald Trump has since denied the allegations, calling the case 'another act of harassment'. The three Trump children named as defendants in the case are - Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump. Apart from this, the names of two Trump Organization executives Allen Weiselberg and Jeffrey McNee are on the list of defendants.
New York Attorney General Leticia James' office does not have jurisdiction to file criminal charges. So he is handing over criminal charges to federal prosecutors and the Internal Revenue Service.
In a statement, James said Donald Trump dishonestly inflated his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars with the help of his children and senior Trump Organization executives to unfairly benefit and circumvent due process.
According to Leticia James, the assets presented at false prices include the former president's own apartment in Trump Tower. The price of that flat is estimated at 327 million dollars.
In this regard, James said, "No apartment in New York City has ever sold for even close to this price."
Source: BBC.
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