2y ago

A former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft

apnews.com

12 comments

Fraud? Involving George Santos? What a surprise!
- At this point, I'm not even sure he actually exists.
  
  I swear, if it's Sacha baron Cohen with a haircut and glasses, it will be transcendent
Was the fundraiser just three George Santos' in a trench coat?
- George Adultman, off to do a fundraising.
- Nah can't be him, because he's been charged.
How fucking corrupt is the republican party that dudes like this are forgettable compared to how bad the rest are?
- Yeah no kidding, i forgot all about this scumbag
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sam Miele was charged with four counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in an alleged scheme to defraud donors and obtain money for Santos under false pretenses.
Prosecutors said Miele impersonated a high-ranking aide to a House member with leadership responsibilities, using a fake name and email address to trick at least a dozen prospective donors.
The indictment did not name the person who was impersonated by name, but the details of the charges match with multiple news reports identifying the aide as Dan Meyer, now retired as the longtime chief of staff to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who at the time was minority leader.
Miele pleaded not guilty to the charges in Brooklyn federal court and was released on a $150,000 bond.
The indictment come three months after Santos was arrested on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making false statements to Congress.
The case against Santos involves separate allegations that he embezzled money from his campaign for personal use, lied to Congress about his finances and cheated his way into undeserved unemployment checks.
I'm a bot and I'm open source!
George and Donnie should share a cell. I'd watch the hell out of that TV show.
"Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, has ever seen ratings like this before. Our show is absolutely crushing it, folks. A man told me, a big strong attractive man, he told me, 'sir, Mr. Prisondent, sir, It's like a ratings hurricane, blowing away the competition and leaving them in the dust' and then he shook my hand but I shook his harder. Tremendous numbers, believe me!"
[~~Anthony Devolder~~ ~~Anthony Zabrovsky~~ George Santos nods along, barely in frame, realizing he'll be unable to get a word in while Trump monopolizes the cameras]

12 comments