Insiders Accuse Trump Organization Of Insurance Scam

Insurance Business reports:

The Trump Organization filed a highly exaggerated claim of nearly $1.3 million for damages to a golf course that cost only a fraction of the payout, insiders familiar with the matter have claimed.

Sources that asked not to be identified reached out to Rolling Stone, saying that when a flood occurred at Trump National Golf Club Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, NY in 2011, the company made a claim for almost $1.3 million.

However, the two insiders said that Trump Organization spent only about $130,000 to $150,000 for the actual repairs to the golf course. One of the insiders, a former employee, added that superficial repairs were made to the damaged portions of the golf course, and that the repair work was not even completed.

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The Trump Organization saw insurance not as an expense, but as a source of profit. A previously unreported $1.3 million payout at Trump’s Westchester golf club shows how this worked.

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— Seth Hettena (@seth_hettena) October 31, 2021