George Santos surrenders to authorities for financial crime charges
Jack Birle
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Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has surrendered to authorities after being charged with multiple financial crimes in federal court.
Santos has been charged with 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, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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The freshman congressman will be arraigned Wednesday afternoon at a federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlene Lindsay.
“This indictment seeks to hold Santos accountable for various alleged fraudulent schemes and brazen misrepresentations,” Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Kenneth Peace said in a statement.
“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. 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,” he continued.
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