{"id":3892,"date":"2023-04-19T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=3892"},"modified":"2023-04-19T11:44:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:44:48","slug":"former-trump-organization-cfo-released-from-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/former-trump-organization-cfo-released-from-jail\/njackson\/2023\/04\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Trump Organization CFO Released From Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg has been released from prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/04\/19\/ex-trump-organization-cfo-weisselberg-released-from-jail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNBC<\/a>, he was promised a sentence of five months in jail to be served on Rikers Island and five years&#8217; probation in exchange for his testimony and agreed to repay nearly $2 million in taxes owed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was&nbsp;sentenced to five months&nbsp;behind bars but was eligible for release after 100 days with time off for good behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weisselberg pleaded guilty in August to all 15 charges: one count of grand larceny in the second degree; three counts of criminal tax fraud in the third degree; one count of scheme to defraud in the first degree; one count of conspiracy in the fourth degree; one count of criminal tax fraud in the fourth degree; four counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree; and four counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. <strong>(RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/crime\/longtime-trump-org-cfo-heads-to-rikers-island\/alnstaff\/2023\/01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Longtime Trump Org CFO Heads to Rikers Island<\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weisselberg, while no longer the company&#8217;s chief financial officer, remained employed with Trump&#8217;s family real estate firm and expected to make more than $1 million last year in salary and bonuses, according to his testimony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December, a Manhattan jury found two Trump Organization companies, the Trump Corp. and Trump Payroll Corp., guilty of criminal tax fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg has been released from prison. 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