Neither Donald Trump nor his family members were themselves accused in the case.
6.12. 23:24•Updated 0:25
A former president of the United States Donald Trump’s the company Trump Organization has been convicted of tax fraud.
According to the prosecutors, the company, among other things, cheated tax authorities and falsified business information for years.
The criminal complaint was about personal benefits given to the company’s directors, which had been left out of the accounting. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a press release that the company was found guilty of all charges.
The company will have to pay fines, the maximum amount of which is well over 1.6 million dollars, he says CNN (switch to another service). The size of the fines will be decided in January
Neither Donald Trump nor his family members were themselves accused in the case. According to the Trump company’s lawyer, the company will appeal the verdict, says New York Times (you will switch to another service).
The Trump Organization group includes more than 500 companies that, among other things, run hotels in different parts of the world.
Sources: AP, Reuters, STT