Republican George Santos was charged with 23 new charges this Tuesday by the US Attorney’s Office in New York in a new swarm of accusations that could land him several years behind bars.
Also for aggravated identity theft, electronic fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and false statements to the House of Representatives, reported the federal prosecutor’s office for the Eastern District of New York, in Brooklyn.
In May Santos was charged with alleged fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and false testimony, with a total of thirteen charges against him, of which he pleaded innocent.
Santos, from Central Islip, in the New York county of Suffolk (Long Island), for which he was elected in the November 2022 elections, must appear in court on October 27, according to the statement from the Prosecutor’s Office.
Fraudulent schemes of which George Santos is accused
The 35-year-old congressman is accused “of stealing people’s identities and charging his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, to the public about the financial status of his campaign,” he said. U.S. Attorney Breon Peace.
According to the prosecutor, Santos “falsely inflated the campaign’s declared income with non-existent, invented or stolen loans and contributions.”
The Prosecutor’s Office indicated in the indictment that during the 2022 election campaign, Santos and Nancy Marks, who was treasurer of his committee, conspired to devise and execute a fraudulent scheme to obtain money by submitting false reports to the FEC.
Marks pleaded guilty last Thursday.
The purpose of this plan was to qualify for a funding program administered by their party’s national committee, and to do so, they had to demonstrate that they had raised at least $250,000 from third-party contributors in a single quarter.
Then, both agreed to inform the FEC that at least 10 relatives of Santos and Marks had made significant financial contributions to the campaign, without having the authorization of those involved in the lie.
They also lied by informing the FEC that Santos had loaned the campaign significant sums of money, when in fact he had not made any loans and did not have the funds to do so.
The Prosecutor’s Office also claims that between December 2021 and August 2022, Santos devised and executed a fraudulent scheme to steal the identity and financial information of taxpayers and that the funds were transferred to Santos’ campaign, those of other candidates and your bank account.
Other lies from Congressman George Santos
Santos has already admitted to having invented much of his biography, including his real name, his religion – he falsely claimed to be Jewish – as well as lying about his academic career when he ran for a seat in the House of Representatives for Long Island last year. , NY.
He also lied about his alleged career on Wall Street, sporting achievements, his work in animal rescue, his real estate holdings, and much more.
The new charges compound the legal jeopardy for Santos, who will likely face a lengthy prison sentence if convicted. Until now, he has resisted all calls to resign, insisting that he intends to run for re-election next year.
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2023-10-11 00:13:00
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