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Congressman Charged with Stealing Donor IDs, Charging Their Credit Cards

In Data Breach News
October 11, 2023

Despite facing numerous charges, Representative George Santos (R-NY) refused to resign from Congress. Now he is reportedly facing yet even more charges in a superseding indictment. The Associated Press reports:

A new indictment filed Tuesday charged U.S. Rep. George Santos with stealing the identities of donors to his campaign and then using their credit cards to ring up tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges.

Prosecutors said some of that stolen money ended up in his own bank account.

The 23-count indictment replaces one filed earlier against the New York Republican charging him with embezzling money from his campaign and lying to Congress about his wealth, among other offenses.

Read more at Huffington Post.