Tax Fraud Scandals

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CFO Allen Weisselberg [R-NY]unlawfully evaded paying almost $2 million in taxes over a fifteen-year period on items including rent, luxury cars and private school tuition for his grandchildren
May 2021
He pled guilty to all charges and testified against the Trump Organization before being sentenced to five months in jail -
GOP County Chair George Gilmore [R-NJ]cashed out over $570,000 from a $1.5 million mortgage loan he was able to refinance by lying to his bank about outstanding tax liabilities and illegally diverted his employees' payroll taxes to his personal accounts in order to maintain a lavish lifestyle and pay down his own tax obligations
22 Feb 2020
He was found guilty and sentenced to one year in federal prison but was pardoned by Trump before he began serving his sentence
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State Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson [R-AR]illegally spent over $100,000 in campaign contributions on personal expenses and then tried to cover it up by filing numerous false tax returns
25 Jun 2019
He pleaded guilty to tax and wire fraud and was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay over $350,000 in fines
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illegally paid adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money to keep her from going public about an extramarital affair they had by directing his personal lawyer Michael Cohen to pay her off and agreeing to reimburse him in monthly installments one month before the 2016 election in violation of campaign-finance laws
09 Nov 2018
According to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal
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violated campaign-finance laws by paying former Playboy Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal $150,000 in hush money to keep her from going public about an extramarital affair they had by orchestrating a convoluted payment scheme involving his lawyer Michael Cohen and the tabloid National Enquirer a week and a half before the 2016 election
04 Nov 2016
According to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal
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Mayor Drew Hastings [R-OH]listed a fake address on his declaration of candidacy forms and illegally claimed a city refund of $500 on a vacant building he owned and altered official documents related to the refund
12 Jul 2016
According to charging documents filed by local police