Representative-elect George Santos told voters he was rising through the ranks at Citigroup in the first step of an extensive and lucrative Wall Street career. He was really working at the Dish Network call center in Queens.
NEW YORK — The polite young customer service agent at the Dish Network call center in Queens could speak English and Portuguese, so when Brazilian immigrants had trouble with their billing or their satellite dish, their calls would be routed his way.
On Thursday, with many Democrats and even some Republicans calling for answers, Santos said on Twitter, “I have my story to tell and it will be told next week.” He promised his constituents he would “address your questions.” At the same time, friends recall, Santos was living modestly in Queens, occasionally taking on extra roommates to make rent.
He did not hesitate when Santos said that he needed to borrow several thousand dollars to move in with his boyfriend and lent him the money in September 2014, court documents show. Not long afterward, Hamilton said, Santos stopped responding to his texts and calls. Court records show that Santos’ financial struggles extended beyond debts to friends. The same year that he was in court with Hamilton, a landlord in Queens filed an eviction case against him, saying he owed her $2,250 in rent.
City clerk records obtained by nonprofit group Reclaim the Records show that Santos was married in 2012 in Manhattan. His former wife filed for divorce in June 2019, which Santos did not contest. The house’s owner, Nancy Pothos, said that Santos and his husband had moved there in July 2020. The couple rented the two-bedroom, two-floor apartment for $2,600 a month, she said, while Pothos lived below.
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