Ex-Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty to tax scheme
Allen Weisselberg very softly answered "Yes, Your Honor," when asked if each of the 15 charges he faced were true, CBS2's Alice Gainer reports.
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Allen Weisselberg very softly answered "Yes, Your Honor," when asked if each of the 15 charges he faced were true, CBS2's Alice Gainer reports.
Weisselberg's deal with prosecutors calls for a sentence of five months in New York's Rikers Island jail, followed by five years' probation.
Allen Weisselberg is charged with taking more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation over several years.
Sources say former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg has reached an agreement with prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty in a criminal tax fraud case.
Weisselberg and the company had asked a judge to dismiss criminal fraud and tax evasion charged against them.
