t's accounting firm dumps him, refuses to do further work with his businesses

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...financial-statements/ar-AATQEhG?ocid=msedgntp

Mazars said it concluded that the statements were no longer reliable based in part on the attorney general’s earlier filings, its own investigations and information the accountants received from “internal and external sources.” The letter added that Mazars “performed its work in accordance with professional standards.”

While the statements may contain exaggerated estimates of Mr. Trump’s property values, those same documents also include a number of disclaimers, including acknowledgments that Mr. Trump’s accountants had neither audited nor authenticated his claims.

Another disclaimer notes that Mazars did “not express an opinion or provide any assurance about” the statements, a common caveat in statements of financial condition. The firm also disclosed that, while compiling the information for Mr. Trump, it had “become aware of departures from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.”

the problem, for me, is here:

Because Ms. James’s investigation is civil, she cannot file criminal charges. But she could sue Mr. Trump and his company to seek financial penalties, and could try to shut down certain aspects of Mr. Trump’s business in New York.

civil, not criminal

do other people committing this kind of extensive fraud get away with just fines? is it something the DOJ can take up if they've a stomach for it? closing down some of his enterprises will hurt but the grifter's free to continue grifting, will raise money from his accolytes and invest in new ways to fleece even more people.

 

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...financial-statements/ar-AATQEhG?ocid=msedgntp



the problem, for me, is here: civil, not criminal

do other people committing this kind of extensive fraud get away with just fines? is it something the DOJ can take up if they've a stomach for it? closing down some of his enterprises will hurt but the grifter's free to continue grifting, will raise money from his accolytes and invest in new ways to fleece even more people.

Yes...rich people have different laws.

 

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Trump's longtime accounting firm said that a decade's worth of his financial statements "should no longer be relied upon."
Mazars USA said it came to that conclusion amid NY AG Tish James' allegation that Trump was misleading about the value of his properties.
The firm also said that it will no longer work for the Trump Organization.

Former President Donald Trump's longtime accounting firm recently informed the Trump Organization that 10 years worth of Trump's statements on his financial worth "should no longer be relied upon."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...id-fraud-allegations/ar-AATQEpS?ocid=msedgntp