Patricia Hurtado

The judge sided with Letitia James on her allegation that Trump repeatedly engaged in fraud by claiming exaggerated values for some of his best properties on his annual statements of financial condition.

The tax charges could be brought in Washington, D.C., or in California because that's where the crimes allegedly occurred.

Letitia James alleges the former president and the Trump Organization falsified business records and issued false financial statements.

The store faces lawsuits from customers for alleged failure to deliver prepaid wine, is delinquent on $2.8 million in taxes, and reportedly could be evicted from its midtown home.

Prosecutors have told Allen Weisselberg, who is serving a jail sentence for tax fraud, that they are prepared to file new charges against him.

The real punishment lies in the potential long-term blowback to the former president's business, going beyond reputational damage to freezing it out of coveted deals, bank loans and government contracts.

The man who oversaw the finances at Trump's companies for decades will immediately head to jail after being sentenced to five months for tax fraud.

The judge found the business had disobeyed three orders he issued as part of a grand jury investigation led by the Manhattan district attorney's office.

Last week's convictions of two Donald Trump companies for criminal tax fraud may help ensure Trump's business remains under court-ordered supervision, former Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said.

CFO Weisselberg used the free cash to live large, saving the Trump Organization from paying taxes on it as well.

It is the first time a Trump business has been convicted of criminal conduct and comes as the former president is running for a second term.

Prosecutors worked to show that Trump executives, including former CFO Allen Weisselberg, evaded taxes on perks such as free apartments and luxury cars.

In his closing statement at the end of the month-long trial, Assistant DA Joshua Steinglass blasted claims by lawyers for the two Trump companies that former CFO Allen Weisselberg had acted alone.

An accountant with Mazars USA who prepared the former president's tax returns for years was the first defense witness in the tax fraud trial of two Trump companies.

The criminal tax fraud case against a pair of Trump Organization companies playing out in a Manhattan courtroom this month went all the way to trial because of one man: Donald Trump.

The Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, testified that greed fueled a scheme he says he engaged in with the firm's controller and the two Trump companies standing trial.

Allen Weisselberg told the jury that soon after he pleaded guilty, the firm booted him off the prestige floor on which Donald Trump worked.

The criminal tax fraud trial of two Trump Organization companies saw some drama — and a win for the prosecution.

Jurors in the Trump Organization's criminal tax fraud trial saw how longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg collected a host of perks, including a rent-free apartment.

Potential jurors are told they will be hearing a lot about Excel spreadsheets and corporate ledgers.