Former Trump Org CFO sentenced for lying under oath
Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty to perjury last month and has been sentenced to spend five months behind bars. CBS New York's Alice Gainer reports.
Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty to perjury last month and has been sentenced to spend five months behind bars. CBS New York's Alice Gainer reports.
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was sentenced Wednesday to five months in New York City's Rikers Island jail complex.
Weisselberg pleaded guilty last month to two counts of perjury and is expected to face five months in jail. CBS New York's Elijah Westbrook reports from the courthouse.
Allen Weisselberg appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Monday to face new charges for lying to investigators about the former president's assets. CBS New York's Jessica Moore has the latest.
The perjury charges are related to testimony Weisselberg gave in October in a civil tax fraud case.
Former President Donald Trump spoke from Mar-a-Lago Friday night after a New York judge ordered him to pay more than $350 million in his civil fraud case. Attorney and CBS News campaign reporter Katrina Kaufman joins with analysis.
New York Attorney General Letitia James spoke Friday after a judge ordered Donald Trump and others to pay more than $360 million following her office's civil fraud case against the former president and his company.
The judge in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial indicated he's weighing how a potential perjury charge might factor into his final ruling.
Former president Donald Trump's one-time finance chief testified Tuesday at the civil fraud trial against Trump and his company. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/46glGOl
New York Attorney General Letitia James' fraud lawsuit alleges Allen Weisselberg engineered Trump's financial statements to meet his demands that they show increases in his net worth despite appraisals that showed the opposite. CBS New York's Chris Wragge reports.
Weisselberg spent three months behind bars after appearing as the star witness in the corporation's tax fraud trial.
Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization and Donald Trump's right-hand man for decades, was sentenced to five months in jail for fraud and tax crimes on Tuesday, nearly two months after he testified against the company that employed him for almost half a century.
Allen Weisselberg's testimony helped convict the former president's company of tax fraud.
Two Trump Organization companies faced a total of 17 criminal counts, including conspiracy and tax fraud.
"Weisselberg did it for Weisselberg," defense attorneys repeated as a sort of mantra.
During three weeks of testimony, prosecutors portrayed a company in which many of the top executives not named Trump allegedly devised a series of schemes to avoid taxes on income and luxury benefits.
Private school tuition checks signed by Donald Trump and two of his sons figured into improper salary reductions, Allen Weisselberg said.
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg took the stand in the company's tax fraud trial Tuesday. CBS2's Alice Gainer was in the courtroom and learned Weisselberg is still being paid by the company.
He may be the former CFO of the Trump Organization but he's still on the payroll, making $640,000 a year.
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg took the stand in the company's tax fraud trial Tuesday. The Trump Payroll Corporation and Trump Corporation are accused of a 15-year scheme by top leaders to avoid paying taxes on fringe benefits given to senior execs. CBS2's Alice Gainer was in the courtroom.
During opening arguments Monday, prosecutors painted the company's former chief financial officer as a key player in a company scheme to supplement his income with untaxed luxury benefits. CBS2's Alice Gainer reports.
Prosecutors say Allen Weisselberg was a key player in a company fraud scheme. Trump Organization lawyers say he was acting on his own, motivated by "individual personal greed."
The former president's longtime chief financial officer is expected to be the star witness in the trial over alleged tax fraud.
Allen Weisselberg, the former Trump Organization chief financial officer, pleaded guilty Thursday to a wide-ranging tax scheme. As part of the plea deal, he'll need to testify against the Trump Organization this fall. CBS2's Alice Gainer reports.
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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A Yellow Alert for New York City and the surrounding area due the threat of strong to severe thunderstorms Thursday has ended.
Despite some lingering clouds, Sunday will be a nice finish to the weekend. Highs will reach the low 70s.
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Temperatures around New York and New Jersey will rebound nicely Monday, as highs reach the upper 60s and low 70s.
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Gov. Phil Murphy called the power outage that brought Amtrak and NJ Transit to a halt for hours "an unmitigated disaster" in a harsh letter to the railroad's chairman Thursday as rail delays continued.
Powerful thunderstorms caused extensive damage in Greenwood Lake and other suburbs of New York City.
Amtrak and NJ Transit riders should expect residual delays Thursday morning, a day after downed wires caused major problems for the evening rush.
A bill proposed in New Jersey would require low-speed electric bicycles and scooters there to be registered and insured.
A Yellow Alert for New York City and the surrounding area due the threat of strong to severe thunderstorms Thursday has ended.
A Long Island school district is under fire after the parents of a 15-year-old boy with autism claim a teacher tied their son to a chair with rope.
Hempstead, N.Y. officials want federal help after they say unhealthy levels of the chemical 1,4-dioxane was found in all nine of the town's wells.
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A federal judge is considering if lawsuits against NYC congestion pricing should proceed after hours of arguments from people suing to stop the new tolls.
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Former President Donald Trump held a major campaign rally on Thursday evening in the South Bronx.
The Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit accusing Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation of illegally monopolizing the live entertainment industry.
New York City has started evicting migrants from the shelter system, under watchful eye of the Legal Aid Society.
A new report from Orkin ranks the worst cities for mosquitoes, with New York coming in second and Los Angeles taking the top spot.
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Panera is phasing out a highly caffeinated selection of lemonade beverages that's at the center of several lawsuits.
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Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs posted a video on social media apologizing for his "inexcusable" behavior and that he takes "full responsibility" for his actions.
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Migrant women from Honduras, Mexico and other countries share their experiences while making the art they enjoy.
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The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday, March 26 after a column was struck by a container ship that reportedly lost power, sending vehicles and people into the Patapsco River.
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A crane went up in flames high above Manhattan, then partially collapsed onto the street below.
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