and to help the business evade taxes, on their behalf. allen weisselberg is being charged for benefitting from that scheme. the indictment says, other executives, also, benefitted from that scheme. and now, we have got solid reporting that the investigation continues. that raises the prospect that further charges could be brought against his children. yeah, it does. and i again, i think they should be quite anxious right now. donald, on the other hand, will expect the same kind and level of loyalty from them, as he expects from allen. you know, as far as donald s concerned, they have what they have because of him. and they should be willing to take whatever hit they are going to take. he doesn t understand, i guess, how these things work. prosecutors won t stop at my cousins. they will be going for the bigger fish, which would be donald, who s been running this organization for over-30 years, now.
from prosecutors. if you feel like we are wading into the legal niceties here, i will bring it back to brass tacks. did you see the wire ? do you know the scene where he says, are you taking notes on a criminal conspiracy? what are you thinking? remember that? classic scene. is you taking notes on a criminal [ bleep ] conspiracy? [ bleep ] you thinking, man? that s how it worked on the wire. here is how prosecutors say it worked at the trump organization. parallel, quote, beginning in 2005 and as part of the scheme to defraud, weisselberg signed checks drawn on the trump corporation s bank account.
prosecutors. did you see the wire, where the character says, are you taking notes? classic scene. is you taking notes on a criminal conspiracy? what are you thinking, man? that s how it worked on the wire. here is how it worked on the trump organization. quote, beginning in 2005 and part of the scheme, weisselberg draw rental checks on the apartment where he and his wife lived. they directed the trump organization to issue checks to pay for the utility bills
the indictment was unsealed so an addition to the transcript we have written account of the charges there are 15 felony charges its four counts of criminal tax frauds first degree scheme to defraud. first degree scheme to defraud, we ll get more clarity on that from somebody who knows these things in just a moment. there is a conspiracy count, four counts of falsified business records. four counts of offering a false instrument for filing. that s a charge against allen weisselberg, cfo. another charge, then allen weisselberg faces alone which is grand larceny in the second degree, ran larceny of course is theft. they re accusing him of essentially stealing in effect from the irs by knowingly obtaining a tax refund that he was not supposed to get. but the. venues here, they genuinely interesting i think surprising news is, number one,
the wire where idris elba s calendar is saying, are you taking notes on a criminal conspiracy? what are you thinking? we are in that scene, classic scene. are you taking notes on a criminal conspiracy? what are you thinking, man? that s how it worked on the wire. here s how prosecutors say it worked at the trump organization. pretty parallel, quote, beginning in 2005 in as part of the scheme to defraud, weisselberg signed rental checks drawn on the trump corporations bank account, and the checks which it sent to the managing agent for the apartment building on riverside boulevard where he and his wife lived. similarly, weisselberg and others directed the trump corporation to issue checks to pay for weisselberg s utility bills for the reversible of our department, including payments for electricity, telephone services, internet and a cable television service. during this period of time, the trump corporation also paid for weisselberg s monthly garage expenses, and all revolution