Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., was slapped with a 23-count superseding indictment, adding 10 additional charges to a federal indictment he was charged with in May.
The U.S. Attorney’s office filed a 23-count superseding indictment against Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging the congressman with conspiracy to commit offenses against the U.S., wire fraud, lying to the Federal Election Commission , and more. The indictment contains one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the U.S.
As alleged, Santos is charged with stealing people’s identities and making charges on his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign,' U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said. 'Santos falsely inflated the campaign’s reported receipts with non-existent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen.
Still, the scheme helped ensure they met the financial benchmarks to get support from the national party. In the second scheme, Santos is accused of stealing the identity and financial information of campaign contributors, then charging their cards 'repeatedly' without authorization. The transactions were then funneled to Santos’ campaign, campaigns of other candidates and his own bank account, the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges.
Santos also allegedly falsified documents to conceal the source of the funds, stating they were made by others like relatives or associates, and not the true bank account owners. In one case, he is accused of using a contributor’s credit card without their knowledge or authorization and attempting to make $44,800 in charges while concealing the true source of the money. Santos’ office did not respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital about the allegations in the indictment.
Santos unsuccessfully ran in 2020 to represent New York’s Third Congressional District, but was victorious his second time around in 2022. He was sworn in on Jan. 7, 2023, mere days after the New York Times exposed that Santos allegedly fabricated large swathes of his résumé, including that he had worked for two major Wall Street firms, graduated from Baruch College, and was a descendant of a Holocaust survivor.
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