What specific Trump entities were named in the New York Attorney General’s fraud suit and which were ordered dissolved or had certificates canceled?
Executive summary
The New York Attorney General’s 2022 civil fraud complaint named 16 individual and business defendants connected to Donald J. Trump and his companies, including specific LLCs tied to flagship properties; Judge Arthur Engoron’s September 2023 rulings canceled New York business certificates and ordered dissolution of entity defendants pending later proceedings, but some of that relief was modified or stayed as the case proceeded and on appeal [1] [2] [3] [4] [5].
1. Who the complaint lists: a compact roll call of people and firms
The Attorney General’s original complaint explicitly named 16 defendants: Donald J. Trump; his children Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump; The Trump Organization Inc.; The Trump Organization LLC; the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust; DJT Holdings LLC; DJT Holdings Managing Member; Allen Weisselberg; Jeffrey McConney; and several property-holding entities including Trump Endeavor 12 LLC, 401 North Wabash Venture LLC, Trump Old Post Office LLC, 40 Wall Street LLC, and Seven Springs LLC — a list provided by the AG’s press materials and the initial complaint itself [1] [6].
2. What the judge ordered in September 2023: cancellation of certificates and dissolution language
In his September 2023 summary-judgment order, Justice Arthur Engoron found the defendants liable on the AG’s primary fraud claim and used the statutory remedies available under New York Executive Law §63 to cancel New York business certificates and to order the dissolution of “any of the entity defendants” and “any other entity controlled or beneficially owned by” Trump that participated in the scheme — effectively directing the cancellation of business licenses and potential dissolution of the named LLCs [2] [7] [3].
3. Which specific entities were identified as targets for certificate cancellation or dissolution
Reporting and the complaint itself identify the corporate defendants and a subset of property-owning LLCs as targets: The Trump Organization Inc., The Trump Organization LLC, the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, DJT Holdings LLC and named property LLCs such as 40 Wall Street LLC, Trump Old Post Office LLC, Trump Endeavor 12 LLC, Seven Springs LLC and 401 North Wabash Venture LLC were among the entities the AG attached to the case and that Judge Engoron’s order described as subject to certificate cancellation and dissolution processes [1] [3] [8].
4. The statutory remedy versus later judicial moderation and procedural stays
Although Engoron’s September order used sweeping language about canceling certificates and dissolving entities, courts and commentators immediately flagged that implementation would be complex; an appeals court temporarily halted the breakup in October 2023, and later post-trial orders and modifications shifted relief toward oversight mechanisms — an independent monitor and an Independent Director of Compliance — rather than immediate wholesale cancellations and dissolutions in every case [4] [9] [5]. The Appellate Division later modified the summary-judgment language, removing blanket cancellation of business certificates and directing that any LLC restructuring or potential dissolution be subject to individual review by the court-appointed compliance director in consultation with the monitor [5].
5. Stakes, scope and caveats: what the legal record actually establishes
The AG’s press release and subsequent judgment framed relief as both monetary disgorgement and corporate sanctions tied to the named defendants, and the court entered a judgment for hundreds of millions that accompanied injunctive relief; however, how many entities would be dissolved or lose certificates remained contingent on follow-on orders, the monitoring regime, and appellate rulings — facts reflected in the AG’s filings, Engoron’s rulings, and later appellate modifications [6] [10] [5]. Reporting emphasized that the September dissolution language was “pending appeal” and that some dissolution/cancellation directives were later stayed, modified, or supplanted by appointment of a monitor and compliance director [7] [4] [9].
6. Competing narratives and the litigation posture now
The Attorney General’s office sought cancellation and dissolution of corporate certificates for the named defendants and any entities controlled by Trump that benefited from the alleged scheme [1], while Trump’s defense called for stays and appealed the scope of remedies; courts intermittently paused or narrowed the harshest corporate-death remedies, replacing them with supervised compliance and individualized review — a procedural compromise visible in Reuters, the Appellate Division decision, and AG statements [4] [9] [5]. The precise list of entities that will ultimately be dissolved or have certificates permanently canceled depends on further court orders and the outcome of appeals, which have already altered the relief initially announced [5].