A Manhattan grand jury indicted the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, on multiple felony fraud charges. The indictment, filed in state court in New York on July 1 named three Trump entities, the Trump Corporation, Trump Organization, and Trump Payroll Corporation, along with Weisselberg. On June 2, 2017, after an extensive investigation of the Trump Organization and its various corporate artifices and contrivances, WMR reported that the company “encompasses at least two dozen different countries involved in money laundering, registration of dummy corporations, and providing passports for key members of the Trump Organization and its criminal syndicate partner, the Kushner Companies.” The latter operation is run by Trump’s son-in-law and former White House adviser, Jared Kushner.
Various reports indicate that the indictment of the Trump Organization and Weisselberg is the first step in a process that may yield additional indictments and subsequent agreements by certain unindicted co-conspirators to cooperate with prosecutors. New York Attorney General Letitia James is also reportedly considering bringing state racketeering charges against the Trump Organization, which could force the company into receivership and dissolution.
It is clear that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., in indicting the Trump Organization, treated the firm in the same manner that organized crime syndicates have been dealt with in the past. The indictment charges that the Trump Organization and Weisselberg engaged in a “scheme to defraud in the first degree.” WMR’s 2017 examination of the Trump and Kushner organizations concluded that the “enterprise uses offshore tax havens, 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, bribes—in violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act—limited liability corporations, dodgy banking institutions linked to money laundering, and various “pay-to-play” schemes to increase their profits.” It is obvious that the Manhattan DA, the New York Attorney General, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) are dealing with additional criminal violations by the Trump Organization in addition to the indictment handed down on July 1. WMR’s investigation concluded that the Trump and Kushner organizations are inseparable when it comes to a number of criminal violations they have committed, particularly in joint real estate ventures.
In 2017, WMR identified hundreds of limited liability corporations (LLCs) and other business entities established by the Trump Organization to facilitate various criminal schemes, including those which are identified in the New York indictment. These entities include:
- Sentient Jets LLC (Now/Known/As Trump Jets LLC)
- T International Realty LLC (dba Trump International Realty)
- The Donald J. Trump Foundation, Inc.
- The Trump Corporation
- The Trump Follies Member Inc.
- The Trump Equitable Fifth Avenue Company
- Trump 106 CPS LLC
- Trump 55 Wall Corp
- Trump 767 Management LLC
- Trump 845 LP LLC
- Trump 845 UN GP LLC
- Trump 846 UN MGR Corp
- Trump 846 UN MGR LLC fka 845 UN LLC
- Trump AC Casino Marks LLC
- Trump AC Casino Marks Member Corp
- Trump Acquisition Corp.
- Trump Acquisition, LLC
- Trump Books LLC
- Trump Books Manager Corp
- Trump Brazil LLC
- Trump Briarcliff Manor Development LLC formerly Briar Hall Development LLC
- Trump Canadian Services Inc
- Trump Canouan Estate LLC
- Trump Canouan Estate Member Corp
- Trump Caribbean LLC
- Trump Carousel LLC
- Trump Carousel Member Corp
- Trump Central Park West Corp
- Trump Chicago Commercial Member Corp
- Trump Chicago Commercial Manager LLC
- Trump Chicago Development LLC
- Trump Chicago Hotel Member Corp
- Trump Chicago Hotel Manager LLC
- Trump Chicago Managing Member LLC
- Trump Chicago Member LLC
- Trump Chicago Residential Member Corp
- Trump Chicago Residential Manager LLC
- Trump Chicago Retail LLC
- Trump Chicago Retail Manager LLC
- Trump Chicago Retail Member Corp
- Trump Classic Cars LLC
- Trump Classic Cars Member Corp
- Trump Commercial Chicago LLC
- Trump Cozumel Corp
- Trump Cozumel LLC
- Trump CPS Corp
- Trump CPS LLC
- Trump Delmonico LLC
- Trump Development Services LLC
- Trump Development Services Member Corp.
- Trump Drinks Israel Holdings LLC
- Trump Drinks Israel Holdings Member Corp
- Trump Drinks Israel LLC
- Trump Drinks Israel Member Corp
- Trump Education ULC
- Trump Empire State, Inc.
- Trump Endeavor 12 LLC
- Trump Endeavor 12 Manager Corp
- Trump EU Marks Member LLC
- Trump EU Marks Member Corp
- The Trump Entrepreneur Initiative LLC (fka Trump University CA LLC)
- Trump Ferry Point LLC
- Trump Ferry Point Member Corp
- Trump Florida Management LLC
- Trump Florida Manager Corp.
- The Trump Follies LLC
- Trump Fort Lee LLC
- Trump Fort Lee Member Corp
- Trump Golf Acquisition LLC
- Trump Golf Coco Beach LLC
- Trump Golf Coco Beach Member Corp
- Trump Golf Management LLC
- Trump Home Marks
- Trump Home Marks Member Corp
- Trump Ice LLC
- Trump Ice Inc
- Trump Identity LLC
- Trump Identity Member Corp
- Trump International Development LLC
- Trump International Development Member Corp
- Trump International Golf Club LC
- Trump International Golf Club Scotland Limited
- Trump International Golf Club Inc.
- Trump International Hotel and Tower Condominium
- Trump International Hotel Hawaii LLC
- Trump International Hotels Management LLC
- Trump International Management Corp
- Trump Kelowna LLC
- Trump Kelowna Member Corp.
- Trump Korean Projects LLC
- Trump Las Olas LLC
- Trump Las Olas Member Corp
- Trump Las Vegas Corp.
- Trump Las Vegas Development LLC
- Trump Las Vegas Managing Member LLC
- Trump Las Vegas Managing Member II LLC
- Trump Las Vegas Marketing and Sales LLC
- Trump Las Vegas Member LLC
- Trump Las Vegas Member II LLC
- Trump Las Vegas Sales & Marketing Inc.
- Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas Unit Owners Association
- Trump Lauderdale Development 2 LLC
- Trump Lauderdale Development LLC
- Trump Management Inc
- Trump Marketing LLC
- Trump Marks Asia Corp
- Trump Marks Asia LLC
- Trump Marks Atlanta LLC
- Trump Marks Atlanta Member Corp
- Trump Marks Baja Corp
- Trump Marks Baja LLC
- Trump Marks Batumi LLC
- Trump Marks Batumi Member Corp
- Trump Marks Beverages Corp
- Trump Marks LLC
- Trump Marks Canouan Corp
- Trump Marks Canouan LLC
- Trump Marks Chicago LLC
- Trump Marks Chicago Member Corp
- Trump Marks Cozumel Corp
- Trump Marks Cozumel LLC
- Trump Marks Dubai Corp
- Trump Marks Dubai LLC
- Trump Marks Egypt Corp
- Trump Marks Egypt LLC
- Trump Marks Fine Foods LLC
- Trump Marks Fine Foods Member Corp
- Trump Marks Ft. Lauderdale LLC
- Trump Marks Ft. Lauderdale Member Corp
- Trump Marks Golf Swing LLC
- Trump Marks Golf Swing Member Corp
- Trump Marks GP Corp
- Trump Marks Holding LP (FKA Trump Marks LP)
- Trump Marks Hollywood Corp
- Trump Marks Hollywood LLC
- Trump Marks Istanbul II Corp.
- Trump Marks Istanbul II LLC
- Trump Marks Jersey City Corp.
- Trump Marks Jersey City LLC
- Trump Marks Las Vegas Corp
- Trump Marks Las Vegas LLC
- Trump Marks LLC
- Trump Marks Magazine Corp
- Trump Marks Magazine LLC
- Trump Marks Mattress LLC
- Trump Marks Mattress Member Corp.
- Trump Marks Menswear LLC
- Trump Marks Menswear Member Corp
- Trump Marks Mortoaoe Corp.
- Trump Marks Mtg LLC
- Trump Marks Mumbai LLC
- Trump Marks Mumbai Member Corp
- Trump Marks New Orleans Corp
- Trump Marks New Orleans LLC
- Trump Marks New Rochelle Corp.
- Trump Marks New Rochelle LLC
- Trump Marks Palm Beach Corp
- Trump Marks Palm Beach LLC
- Trump Marks Panama Corp
- Trump Marks Panama LLC
- Trump Marks Philadelphia Corp
- Trump Marks PhiladelPhia LLC
- Trump Marks Philippines LLC
- Trump Marks Philippines Corp
- Trump Marks Products LLC
- Trump Marks Products Member Corp
- Trump Marks Puerto Rico I LLC
- Trump Marks Puerto Rico I Member Corp
- Trump Marks Puerto Rico II LLC
- Trump Marks Puerto Rico II Member Corp
- Trump Marks Punta del Este LLC
- Trump Marks Punta del Este Manager Corp
- The Donald J. Trump Company LLC
- The Trump Marks Real Estate Corp
- Trump Marks Real Estate LLC
- Trump Marks SOHO License Corp
- Trump Marks SOHO LLC
- Trump Marks South Africa LLC
- Trump Marks South Africa Member Corp
- Trump Marks Stamford Corp
- Trump Marks Stamford LLC
- Trump Marks Sunny Isles I LLC
- Trump Marks Sunny Isles I Member Corp.
- Trump Marks Sunny Isles II LLC
- Trump Marks Sunny Isles II Member Corp.
- Trump Marks Tampa Corp
- Trump Marks Tampa LLC
- Trump Marks Toronto Corp
- Trump Marks Toronto LLC
- Trump Marks Toronto LP (formally Trump Toronto Management LP)
- Trump Marks Waikiki Corp
- Trump Marks Waikiki LLC
- Trump Marks Westchester Corp.
- Trump Marks Westchester LLC
- Trump Marks White Plains Corp
- Trump Marks White Plains LLC
- Trump Miami Resort Management LLC
- Trump Miami Resort Management Member Corp
- Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck LLC
- Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck Member Corp
- Trump National Golf Club LLC
- Trump National Golf Club Member Corp
- Trump National Golf Club Washington DC LLC
- Trump National Golf Club Washington DC Member Corp
- Trump Ocean Manager Inc.
- Trump Ocean Managing Member LLC
- Trump Old Post Office LLC
- Trump On the Ocean LLC
- Trump Organization LLC
- The Trump Organization, Inc.
- Trump Pageants, Inc.
- Trump Palace Condominium
- Trump Palace/Parc LLC
- Trump Panama Condominium Management LLC
- Trump Panama Condominium Member Corp
- Trump Panama Hotel Management LLC
- Trump Panama Hotel Management Member Corp LLC
- Trump Parc East Condominium
- Trump Park Avenue Acquisition LLC
- Trump Park Avenue LLC
- Trump Payroll Chicago LLC
- Trump Payroll Corp.
- Trump Phoenix Development LLC
- Trump Plaza LLC
- Trump Plaza Member Inc. fka Trump Plaza Corp.
- Trump Procida Fort Lee LLC
- Trump Productions LLC (former Rancho Lien LLC)
- Trump Production Managing Member Inc
- Trump Project Management Corp.
- Trump Properties LLC
- Trump Realty Services, LLC (fka Trump Mortgage Services LLC (03) & Tower Mortgage Services LLC)
- Trump Restaurants LLC
- Trump RHF Corp
- Trump Riverside Management LLC
- Trump Ruffin Commercial LLC
- Trump Ruffin LLC
- Trump Ruffin Tower I LLC
- Trump Sales & Leasing Chicago LLC
- Trump Sales & Leasing Chicago Member Corp
- Trump Scotland Member Inc
- Trump Scotsborough Square LLC
- Trump Scotsborough Square Member Corp.
- Trump SoHo Hotel Condominium New York
- Trump Soho Member LLC
- Trump Toronto Development Inc
- Trump Toronto Hotel Management Corp.
- Trump Toronto Member Corp. (formally Trump Toronto Management Member Corp)
- Trump Tower Commercial LLC
- Trump Tower Condominium Residential Section
- Trump Tower Managing Member Inc
- Trump Village Construction Corp.
- Trump Vineyard Estates LLC
- Trump Vineyard Estates Manager Corp.
- Trump Vineyard Estates Lot 3 Owner LLC (fka Eric Trump Land Holdings LLC)
- Trump Virginia Acquisitions LLC (fka Virginia Acquisitions LLC)
- Trump Virginia Acquisitions Manager Corp
- Trump Virginia Lot 5 LLC
- Trump Virginia Lot 5 Manager Corp.
- Trump Wine Marks LLC
- Trump Wine Marks Member Corp.
- Trump World Productions LLC y LLC
- Trump World Productions Manager Corp
- Trump World Publications LLC
- Trump/New World Property Management LLC
- Trump Castle Management Corp
- Trump Marks White Plains Corp
- Trump RHF Corp
- The Donald J. Trump grantor Trust – DJT is the Trustee Successor – Trustee is Donald J. Trump, Jr.
- The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust
Seven of the entities named above—the Trump Corporation, Trump Payroll Corporation, Trump International Golf Club LLC, Trump Productions LLC, Trump Las Vegas Development LLC, Trump CPS LLC, and the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust—are named in the New York indictment. The indictment named two additional corporate entities not identified by WMR’s initial 2017 research. They are Wollman Rink Operations LLC and VH Property Corporation. Subsequent WMR research yielded several hundreds of additional LLCs and other entities interlinked with Donald Trump’s, Ivanka Trump’s, and Jared Kushner’s criminal enterprises.
WMR’s 2017 investigation also discovered that the Trump-Kushner enterprise “enabled wealthy individuals, some subject to Interpol arrest warrants, to establish residencies at Trump or Kushner properties” in the United States and abroad. Trump-Kushner properties using corporate covers like Soho 311 LLC, Soho 3310 LLC, Soho 3203 LLC, K One Journal Square LLC, Baku XXI Century, and 65 Bay LLC were used by foreign oligarchs and criminals seeking to launder ill-gotten funds via “structured” finance contrivances. There are reports that the SDNY is investigating Trump’s private clubs, including Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, for being at the center of various “pay-to-play” racketeering schemes during Trump’s presidency. The former Trump Tower in Panama City, Panama was nicknamed the “Trump Cocaine Club and Tower” because of the amount of drug money that had been laundered through the building.
The Justice Department is in possession of Trump business records from Deutsche Bank, Capital One Bank, and Mazars LLP, the latter Trump’s accounting firm. According to former Trump chief political strategist Steve Bannon, who formerly worked for Goldman Sachs, Trump’s Deutsche Bank link is central to Kushner’s money laundering. Bannon stated in 2017 that “It [money laundering] goes through Deutsche Bank and all the Kushner shit. The Kushner shit is greasy. They’re [the prosecutors] going to go right through that.”
Federal prosecutors have amassed a trove of documents that incriminate Trump and Kushner. In 2018, federal law enforcement agents raided the Chicago offices of Klafter & Burke. Edward Burke has served as Donald Trump’s tax attorney for over a decade and was successful at lowering Trump’s city tax liability on his properties in Chicago, including the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago. Burke also handled the taxes for the Chicago’s AT&T building, which the Kushner Companies of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner put up for sale before Burke’s office was raided.
In response to the indictment of his company, Trump said it was “a terrible thing for our country, and people are very angry about it.” In fact, the Trump Organization stands accused of failing to pay, possibly, millions in taxes to “our country” and the only people who are “angry” about the indictment are the Trump and Kushner criminal families and all the money launderers, drug traffickers, and corrupt bankers who now stand on the brink of being exposed.
Previously published in the Wayne Madsen Report.
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