加州总检察长邦塔加入17州总检察长法庭之友：支持纽约州追究私企间欺诈，为纽约诉特朗普欺诈案发声
位于美国加利福尼亚州的州总检察长罗布·邦塔（Rob Bonta）办公室10月30日宣布，邦塔作为17名总检察长组成的联盟一员，就「纽约州人民诉特朗普」（People of the State of New York v. Trump）一案提交法庭之友简报，强调各州总检察长在打击经济欺诈方面的重要作用——即使欺诈发生在老练商业主体之间的私人商业交易中。
纽约州法律授权该州总检察长对反复或持续的商业欺诈或违法行为寻求司法救济。联盟在简报中敦促纽约州上诉法院维持下级法院的一项裁定：纽约州总检察长有权依据该法，对唐纳德·特朗普及其他被告提起诉讼，指控其对并未自行寻求法律救济的老练商业实体实施欺诈。
「欺诈就是欺诈，就应当被这样对待。」邦塔说，「不存在纵容腐败商业行为的漏洞，也不存在阻止州政府执行反欺诈法律的技术性障碍。作为总检察长，我们作为各州最高执法官员的职责，就是根除本州经济中的一切腐败。我们敦促纽约州上诉法院看清此案的本质，确认纽约州总检察长起诉该州境内一切欺诈性商业交易的权力，不论涉事方是谁。」
背景方面，纽约州总检察长于2022年起诉特朗普及其他被告，指控其通过夸大财务状况报表中的数字，向贷款方等对象谋取有利商业交易，构成金融欺诈。初审法院裁定特朗普及其他被告欺诈责任成立，该责任认定在上诉中得到维持，目前案件正由纽约州最高法院审理。
联盟在简报中主张：各州对根除本州经济中的各类欺诈拥有主权利益，并保留广泛的治安权力防范欺诈；许多州的总检察长有权执行反欺诈法律，即使欺诈发生在拒绝自行维权的老练私人主体之间；在这些情形下执法服务于公共利益——保护缺乏实际行动能力的利益相关方、为必须与欺诈者竞争的其他人提供公平环境，并保护公众免受欺诈对竞争市场与公共安全的损害。加入邦塔共同提交简报的，还有俄勒冈、亚利桑那、康涅狄格、特拉华、夏威夷、伊利诺伊、缅因、马萨诸塞、密歇根、明尼苏达、内华达、新泽西、新墨西哥、佛蒙特、弗吉尼亚与华盛顿等州的总检察长。
Attorney General Bonta Joins 17-State Amicus Brief Supporting a State's Right to Seek Accountability for Fraud Among Private Businesses
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on October 30 that, as part of a coalition of 17 attorneys general, he has filed an amicus brief in People of the State of New York v. Trump, emphasizing the important role state attorneys general play in policing economic fraud even when that fraud takes place in private commercial transactions between sophisticated parties.
New York law authorizes the New York Attorney General to seek judicial remedies for repeated or persistent business fraud or illegality. In the brief, the coalition urges the New York Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court's ruling that the New York Attorney General had authority under this law to bring an action against Donald Trump and other defendants for fraud against sophisticated business entities that declined to pursue the legal remedies available to them.
"Fraud is fraud, and it should be treated as such," Bonta said. "There is no loophole that allows for corrupt business practices, and there is no technicality that prevents the state from upholding antifraud laws."
In 2022, the New York Attorney General sued Trump and other defendants for engaging in financial fraud by inflating Trump's statements of financial condition in submissions to lenders and others for the purpose of obtaining favorable business deals. The trial court held Trump and other defendants liable for fraud; the liability finding was upheld on appeal, and the matter is now before New York's highest court.
The coalition asserts that states have a sovereign interest in eradicating all kinds of fraud from their economies and retain extensive police powers to protect against fraud, and that state enforcement in these contexts serves the public interest. Joining Bonta are the attorneys general of Oregon, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.
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