The Justice Department linked the charges against fundraiser Samuel Miele to Rep. George Santos' pending case.
. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York alerted federal judges in New York in a separate memo that Miele had been indicted over alleged efforts to"defraud prospective contributors to Devolder Santos's campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives during the 2022 election cycle." Prosecutors are required to give notice to a judge whenever it appears that one case may be related to another.
"Specifically, a grand jury in United States v. Devolder Santos returned an indictment charging defendant Devolder Santos with, among other things, five counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering related to Devolder Santos's efforts to defraud prospective contributors to a purported independent expenditure committee that would support his campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives during the 2020 election cycle," reads afrom the U.S.
The indictment of Miele claims he"falsely and without authorization impersonated Person #1, in both email and telephone communications with potential contributors, for the purpose of soliciting financial contributions to support the campaign and enriching himself through commissions earned on these financial contributions to the campaign."
The indictment says Miele's commission was 15% of each contribution. Miele, according tot he indictment, admitted in a letter to"faking my identity to a big donor," saying he was"high risk, high reward in everything I do." Prosecutors in Santos' case laid out an alleged scheme in which they say Santos operated a limited liability company to defraud prospective supporters of his 2022 congressional campaign.
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