Congressman George Santos (R-NY) has been charged in a 23 count indictment handed down in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of New York. Prosecutors allege that Santos filed fraudulent fundraising reports with the FEC in an effort to obtain financial support for his campaign. They additionally allege the New York Congressman charged the credit cards of campaign contributors without authorization and that some of that money may have ended up in his personal account.
The charges in the indictment include one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, two counts of wire fraud, two counts of making materially false statements to the FEC, two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of access device fraud.
As a suspending indictment, these new charges will replace earlier ones filed against Rep. Santos that charged him with embezzlement of campaign funds and lying to Congress.
Santos was first elected to Congress in 2022, defeating Democrat incumbent Thomas Suozzi.
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