Chinanews.com, September 21. According to the US Chinese website, the former Trump Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Wesselberg’s lawyer Scaratos said on the 20th that his client is expected to face a tax evasion case. More allegations.
According to reports, Scaratos revealed at a pre-trial hearing on the 20th that a New York Manhattan prosecutor found a batch of new evidence in the basement of an accomplice in the Trump Organization tax fraud case.
He said: "We have every reason to believe that there may be other charges."
It is not clear who the co-conspirator may be, but according to two people familiar with the matter, the prosecutor has been closely investigating Trump’s bodyguard, Karamari, who was promoted from the grassroots to the company’s chief operating officer.
Others speculate that it may be the Trump Organization Auditor General McConney, who has long served as Wesselberg's deputy, and he has testified before the grand jury.
Scaratos also stated at the hearing on the 20th that he feared that his client would become "collateral damage" in the dispute between the Trump Organization and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
But Shinarok, the prosecutor of the Manhattan Attorney's Office, said at the hearing: "Weisselberg is the boss. Wesselberg is not an innocent party involved in collateral damage."
Wesselberg was arrested and charged in July 2021. He faces 15 charges, including participating in a 15-year tax evasion plan.
The prosecutor said that starting in 2005, Wesselberg had concealed $1.76 million in income, and he also concealed his residence in New York to avoid paying income tax.
Wesselberg pleaded not guilty to these charges and is expected to return to the court for trial in July 2022.