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Central Islip, N.Y.: Former Congressman George Santos leaves court after being sentenced to 87 … More months in prison at the Alfonse D’Amato Federal Court House in Central Islip, New York, on April 25, 2025. (Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images) Newsday via Getty Images Disgraced former Congressman George Santos was sentenced on April 25th to the maximum sentence under the sentencing guidelines of 87 months after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Santos had originally been charged in May of 2023 with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives. Five months later, a superseding 23 count indictment was filed against him charging him with 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 Federal Election Commission, two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the Federal Election Commission, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of access device fraud, in addition to the counts he was charged with in May. The charges referred to a myriad of offenses related to his 2022 successful campaign for congress from New York’s 3rd congressional district as well as personal financial crimes unrelated to his campaign. Specifically, Santos filed false reports with the Federal Election Commission in order to qualify for funds from a national party committee; committed identity theft and credit card fraud by charging the credit cards of contributors of his campaign repeatedly without authorization transferring the funds both to his campaign and his own personal bank account; set up a limited liability company purportedly to support his campaign, but instead diverted contributed…

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