A new indictment filed Tuesday accuses U.S. Rep. George Santos of stealing donor identifications and making unauthorized charges to their credit cards, federal prosecutors said.
from the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, a 23-count superseding indictment was filed against Santos, R-N.Y., who represents the state’s 3rd Congressional District.
The indictment replaces a previous one filed earlier that alleged Santos embezzled money from his campaign and lied to Congress about his wealth, according towith one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the U.S., two counts of wire fraud, two counts of making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission, two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of access device fraud.
Those charges are in addition to seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives that were charged in the original indictment, prosecutors said in their“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...
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