Rep. George Santos was questioned by the U.S. Secret Service during a 2017 credit card fraud investigation, according to sources familiar with the federal investigation.
When George Santos' Florida address was found in 2017 inside a rental car used by the suspect in an ATM skimming investigation, the United States Secret Service came knocking.
Santos voluntarily surrendered two cellphones at the Secret Service's New York field office, where the interview took place, according to the two sources familiar with the investigation. While Santos's connection to the case remains unclear, and the case remains open, he was not identified as a suspect of the investigation, the two sources told CBS News. that began when a man Santos called a"family friend" was arrested in Seattle on April 27, 2017.
Santos has declined to answer questions about the case. Representatives of Santos did not return a request for comment.
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