Allen Weisselberg: ex-Trump finance chief given five months for tax fraud
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Weisselberg, 75, pleaded guilty to 15 tax crimes and agreed to testify against Trump Organization after being arrested in 2021
After testimony that helped convict Donald Trump's company of tax fraud, Allen Weisselberg, a longtime senior executive, was given five months in jail for accepting $1.7m in perks without paying tax.
Weisselberg, 75, was promised the sentence in August when he agreed to plead guilty to 15 tax crimes and testify against the Trump Organization, where he has worked since the mid-1980s and was chief financial officer at the time of his arrest.
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