(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has been indicted in federal court on 23 counts of fraud, including money laundering and identity theft.
The charges were filed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The indictment alleges the freshman congressman committed two counts of wire fraud, several counts of making false statements and falsifying records with the Federal Election Commission, two counts of identity theft, seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and two counts of making false statements in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“This Office will relentlessly pursue criminal charges against anyone who uses the electoral process as an opportunity to defraud the public and our government institutions,” Peace lamented in a statement released by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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