Tax Fraud offenses...
Talking with a friend today, we discussed what are the usual penalties for tax fraud/evasions. Her response was: Prison. Remember Charles Kushner?I pulled up some statistics and found several sites differed, but nearly the same.
The average sentence for tax fraud was 14 months.
Of that 63% went to prison.
52% were white with an average of 52 years old.
82% had no prior criminal history.
Median amount of fraud was $278,325.
11.6% involved amounts greater than $1.5 million.
Top five districts of offenders:
New Jersey, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York.
Charles Kushner, got 2 years and was jailed for tax evasion, making illegal campaign donations and tampering with a witness, his brother-in-law. He orchestrated a sex tape with a prostitute and sent it to the man’s wife. Kushner pleaded guilty in 2004 to 18 counts of tax evasion, witness tampering and making illegal campaign donations.
His confession included a retaliation against his brother-in-law, who was cooperating with federal authorities. Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce him in a hotel room with cameras, filming the encounter and sent it to his sister, the man’s wife.
He was pardoned by Donald Trump.
So, I asked the question: "Trump was found guilty of tax fraud. Why wasn't he sent to prison?"
Comments (2)
Make sure you are not the person walking on Fifth Avenue when he start to shoot.
If you are, it's because it's a civil case, not a criminal one. The objective was to disgorge fraudulently obtained profits and give that money back to 'the people' of NY.
The hush money case is criminal, but it's a very low level felony. A prison sentence of up to four years could be imposed in the event of a guilty verdict, but my understanding is that it's unlikely.
Having obtained a civil ruling of widespread and persistent fraud in the Trump Organisation, it's possible that a criminal trial could follow, especially with the independent monitor in place who has to report any discrepancies. This would be an expensive and pointless exercise however, if any of his other pending cases landed him enough jail time to be a life sentence in effect.
If the federal Supreme Court and Judge Aileen Cannon get his criminal cases dismissed between them, then it may become relevant to pursue a criminal conviction for fraud, assuming no statute of limitations have passed, or that he isn't voted back into office where he can dismantle everything that doesn't suit him.