George Santos Surrenders to Authorities on Charges of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Theft of Public Funds
thewrap.comper the indictment. “Taken together, the allegations in the indictment charge Santos with relying on repeated dishonesty and deception to ascend to the halls of Congress and enrich himself,” U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace said in the DOJ statement. “He used political contributions to line his pockets, unlawfully applied for unemployment benefits that should have gone to New Yorkers who had lost their jobs due to the pandemic, and lied to the House of Representatives.”For months, Santos has been under intense scrutiny — and become the butt of ceaseless political jokes — for the proven array of lies he told in the months preceding and following the successful campaign to flip his 2022 midterm House seat.
Claims he’s made since entering the political limelight that have since been refuted include but are not limited to: working for Citigroup and Goldman Sachs; losing four employees in the 2016 Pulse shooting; losing his mother in the Sept.
11 attacks on the World Trade Center; and becoming a volleyball star at Baruch College.As it relates to the charges unsealed Wednesday, Santos’ finances have also come under fire in recent months, specifically his reported $750,000 income from the Devolder Organization — what he’s described as a family brokerage company used for selling luxury items.
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