Rep George Santos was charged with defrauding his campaign donors by stealing their identities and credit card information New York Rep George Santos was indicted on more charges on Tuesday, including stealing the identities and credit cards of his campaign donors. Santos, a Republican lawmaker representing parts of Long Island and Queens, was previously charged with defrauding political donors, misuse of COVID-19 relief funds, and lying to Congress.
Santos leaves the Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York after pleading not guilty in June In one case, a campaign donor provided him the information for two credit cards to make donations in 2021. Santos then used those cards to pay out his campaign and a political action committee a total of $44,800 without their authorization. In order to circumvent campaign contribution limits, Santos reported the donations came from himself and ‘one of his relatives.