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Trump Taj Mahal Associates paid a $477,000 reporting-violation penalty

Reporting and findings

  1. documented

    FinCEN's January 28, 1998 announcement states that Trump Taj Mahal Associates paid $477,000 to settle Bank Secrecy Act reporting violations dating from April 1990 through December 1991. The original announcement supports $477,000, correcting the $477,700 amount in the earlier site record.

    Corrects claim:batch-200:014
  2. documented

    Trump Media’s 2025 Form 10-K states that Donald Trump built and owned the Trump Taj Mahal before its 1991 bankruptcy.

Summary and current status

Civil penalty paid; original 1998 amount corrects later $477,700 transcription

People and organizations

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. TrumpBuilt and owned the casino during the period of reporting violationsTrump Taj Mahal

Money trail

  1. penaltyCivil reporting penalty paid$477,000.00
    Paid by / source
    Trump Taj Mahal Associates
    Received by
    U.S. Treasury
    realized · 1998-01-28 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation Trump Taj Mahal Associates 1998 BSA settlementPeriod 1998-01-28 to 1998-01-28Basis Original contemporaneous FinCEN announcement explicitly says the entity paid $477,000. Count once; supersedes the older incorrect $477,700 claim.Limits Entity penalty for reporting failures, not a finding of money laundering by Donald Trump. The separate 2015 $10m assessment is not included.