Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos

[Zeedox]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/nyregion/george-santos-brazil.html?unlocked_article_code=kLlWScQ42mj3FLpEIqp2AAAihPNoY-BvYzpWPcamkdPIofTzbaEmo5HCwYgb4vcA391MDOocxe9eJx8XoLZD2B_URHCY_ScJhHLwzwxBKXdydbstRwAt0ExMJBACJju3OIm-8f_k9hDLlRryxbtFGRWL_1O46f2nuoMMXOkbtwaSR0eqvSjKru4bM4d2aWjIf4eGhlJ9tWKkKOr5GGQqlRAEQRyJcObhUYnxsfTTlFGjGpgqXvwnhVhoNBFE9OEyqJDmG2l_j9i2DWxzOzeR27R_CfcZYtwoliWY1lH5xSnF3LE7XDKtXQgO90CBaHHoF2AJtYFsQKi3--DjXim9&smid=re-share

 

[Gomez Adams]

Mr. Santos admitted the fraud to the shop owner in August 2009, writing on Orkut, a popular social media website in Brazil, “I know I screwed up, but I want to pay.” In 2010, he and his mother told the police that he had stolen the checkbook of a man his mother used to work for, and used it to make fraudulent purchases.​

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In Georgia, that's theft as well. And if he spent more than 500 dollars, it's felony check fraud.

He'd be looking at 10 years in prison.