George Santos was charged with dog-related theft in 2017
Brady Knox
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Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was found to have been charged with theft related to Amish dog breeders in 2017, but the charges were dropped and his record expunged.
A lawyer friend of Santos who helped him with the charge told Politico about the revelation. It was then confirmed by a representative from York County District Court in Pennsylvania.
Santos was charged with theft by deception in November 2017, but he beat the charge and had his record expunged in November 2021. He claimed his checkbook had been stolen and that the $15,125 in checks were not written by him.
While she initially believed him, Santos’s lawyer friend, Tiffany Bogosian, said she now thinks he was lying due to his recent scandals, personal experiences since, and evidence uncovered by Politico.
Just days after the dates on the checks, addressed to Amish dog breeders, Santos held a large adoption event with his animal rescue charity, Friends of Pets United, at the Staten Island pet store Pet Oasis.
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“Friends of Pets United has a puppy overload … We’ll be cuddling: Golden Retriever, Lab, Yorkie, Border collie, American Eskimo and Shepherds … #adoptdontshop,” Pet Oasis announced on its Instagram.
When asked by Michele Vazzo, a dog enthusiast who met him at the shop, about where he got all the puppies, Santos gave several different answers. He said that he rescued several golden retrievers from an Amish puppy mill. He gave more outlandish stories for others, claiming he found pregnant dogs on the street and rescued some from Puerto Rico.
“The fees were always different, and he always had a ton of puppies and a ton of people helping him,” Vazzo said of his animal charity.
Bogosian noted that she had some suspicions about Santos’s story when he came to her for help in 2021, but she ultimately decided to help him.
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Santos is currently under several federal and state investigations, along with a House Ethics investigation.