Key Points
The full list of charges includes 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...
As per the prosecutors, during his political campaign, Santos laundered donations into his own personal bank accounts..
Santos has been alleged to have committed five counts of wire fraud when the candidate and an unnamed political consultant he directed lied to potential donors through emails and text messages that their contributions would exclusively support the Republican campaign..
Two more counts of wire fraud were allegedly committed by Santos while applying and receiving Covid-related unemployment benefits despite being employed at a Florida-based investment company...
Prosecutors have accused Santos of two counts of making false statements to the House of Representatives on personal financial disclosure reports..
