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New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil fraud lawsuit on September 21, 2022, against Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, senior executives and related entities, alleging years of false and misleading financial statements used to secure business advantages. The complaint says the office’s three-year investigation included more than 65 witness interviews and review of millions of pages of documents. ([ag.ny.gov](https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2022/attorney-general-james-sues-donald-trump-years-financial-fraud))

According to the filing, Trump and the company reported inflated asset values on annual statements of financial condition from 2011 through 2021. The attorney general’s office says those statements were used to help obtain loans on more favorable terms, satisfy lending covenants, gain insurance coverage at lower premiums and secure tax benefits. The complaint says the conduct produced more than 200 false or misleading asset valuations across 11 annual statements. ([ag.ny.gov](https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2022/attorney-general-james-sues-donald-trump-years-financial-fraud))

The lawsuit also sought to remove Trump and his children from leadership roles at the Trump Organization, bar them from future management positions in New York and recover $250 million in alleged ill-gotten gains. In an October 13, 2022 filing, the attorney general asked the court for a preliminary injunction to stop what her office described as continuing fraud and to limit asset transfers while the case moved forward. The state court docket for the case lists the matter as People v Donald J. Trump (Civil) and includes a February 16, 2024 decision and order. ([ag.ny.gov](https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2022/attorney-general-james-sues-donald-trump-years-financial-fraud))

The core record is the September 21 filing, not any later procedural step. The legal fight has since moved through additional motions and rulings, but the original complaint remains the basis for the state’s fraud case. ([ag.ny.gov](https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2022/attorney-general-james-sues-donald-trump-years-financial-fraud))