George Santos Orchestrated Credit Card Fraud Operation In 2017
Via Politico:
Rep. George Santos orchestrated a 2017 credit card skimming operation in Seattle, the man who was convicted of the fraud and deported to Brazil said in a sworn declaration submitted to federal authorities Wednesday.
“I am coming forward today to declare that the person in charge of the crime of credit card fraud when I was arrested was George Santos / Anthony Devolder,” Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha wrote in the declaration. It was sent by express mail and email to the FBI, the U.S. Secret Service New York office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, according to a copy of the receipt from the United States Postal Service.
“Santos taught me how to skim card information and how to clone cards. He gave me all the materials and taught me how to put skimming devices and cameras on ATM machines,” Trelha said in the declaration that was submitted to authorities by his New York attorney, Mark Demetropoulos. POLITICO obtained a copy of the declaration.
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Santos and his lawyer did not reply to requests for comment. Santos is already under a House Ethics Committee investigation for unlawful activity during his campaign. The declaration (download it using the link above) is extremely damning, but I doubt authorities will bother doing anything about it given the crime is six years old, and the statute of limitations has likely expired.
