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Trump's Legal Troubles In New York State Dramatically Escalate
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/12/trumps-legal-troubles-new-york-state
12/31/20 4:07am
Trump's Legal Troubles In New York State Dramatically Escalate
Manhattan D.A. has hired a forensic accounting firm to aid in their investigation into Donald Trump's shady business dealings, marking a dramatic escalation in their legal case.
By Red Painter
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FTI Consulting's website talks about the type of forensic accounting services they offer:
Our multidisciplinary experts address a variety of accounting and compliance issues; analyze and reconstruct corporate books, records and electronic information; and participate in fact-finding interviews.
We react quickly and confidentially to safeguard assets and reputation, resolve matters with minimum disruption to the business and mitigate recurrences by recommending effective controls. Our approaches enable us to efficiently gather facts, analyze the issues, and prepare reports and presentations that stand up to regulatory and judicial scrutiny. We assist with complex accounting and reporting issues that arise from situations occurring outside the normal course of business, including:
Fraud and complex financial investigations
Audit and special committee investigations
Financial statement misstatements, inadequate disclosure and restatements
Whistleblower allegations
Regulatory inquiries
Anti-corruption and FCPA/UK Bribery Act compliance and forensics
Independent internal controls and fraud risk assessment
Compliance and transaction risk assessments
M&A fraud services
Ponzi schemes, embezzlement and kickbacks
Receiver, trustee and independent monitorship services
Technical accounting services
Assistance with auditors
Accountant liability
SEC & Accounting Advisory
We assist clients in addressing complex accounting, regulatory and auditing issues, including all phases of SEC and PCAOB actions and litigation. Our work includes the resolution of technical issues, assessment of claims, restatements and listing advisory services. Our testifying experts typically have given evidence both for and against the government, thereby enhancing credibility with juries and courts. Several of our seasoned accounting professionals have served with the SEC’s Divisions of Enforcement and Corporation Finance and in the Office of the Chief Accountant, as well as the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
We react quickly and confidentially to safeguard assets and reputation, resolve matters with minimum disruption to the business and mitigate recurrences by recommending effective controls. Our approaches enable us to efficiently gather facts, analyze the issues, and prepare reports and presentations that stand up to regulatory and judicial scrutiny. We assist with complex accounting and reporting issues that arise from situations occurring outside the normal course of business, including:
Fraud and complex financial investigations
Audit and special committee investigations
Financial statement misstatements, inadequate disclosure and restatements
Whistleblower allegations
Regulatory inquiries
Anti-corruption and FCPA/UK Bribery Act compliance and forensics
Independent internal controls and fraud risk assessment
Compliance and transaction risk assessments
M&A fraud services
Ponzi schemes, embezzlement and kickbacks
Receiver, trustee and independent monitorship services
Technical accounting services
Assistance with auditors
Accountant liability
SEC & Accounting Advisory
We assist clients in addressing complex accounting, regulatory and auditing issues, including all phases of SEC and PCAOB actions and litigation. Our work includes the resolution of technical issues, assessment of claims, restatements and listing advisory services. Our testifying experts typically have given evidence both for and against the government, thereby enhancing credibility with juries and courts. Several of our seasoned accounting professionals have served with the SEC’s Divisions of Enforcement and Corporation Finance and in the Office of the Chief Accountant, as well as the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
The Post reports that FTI will be looking for "anomalies among a variety of property deals, and to advise the district attorney on whether the president’s company manipulated the value of certain assets to obtain favorable interest rates and tax breaks." They will be looking at transactions "spanning several years."
Consultants from FTI have probably already begun reviewing bank and mortgage records and will most likely testify as expert witnesses if the case goes to trial, especially if it involves bringing criminal charges against Donald Trump, his kids and his employees.
Thus far, Donald Trump has avoided providing tax records or DNA in various cases under the excuse that he is "too busy being President", but that excuse goes away on January 20, 2021 when he returns to being a regular citizen. He will have no job and no excuse for why he can't show up for hearings or produce documents. And just a reminder, even if he pardons himself, it will only apply to FEDERAL crimes. Not state. So nothing he does can protect him from Cy Vance (Manhattan D.A.) or Letitia James (New York State A.G).
And they are both coming for him.
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Couldn’t help it, the tune just popped into my head. 🍰
Schadenfreude Dance! 💃🏼 Please make it so! 🎉
Edited to add: Happy new year, Babylonsister! 
