Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced Tuesday that new a 23-count superseding indictment was filed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging New York Republican Rep.
George Santos with additional criminal counts in the ongoing cases against him. Last May Santos was indicted on 13 criminal counts of fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making false statements.
Today’s announcement follows the Justice Department’s announcement last week of a guilty plea from the Long Island-based ex-campaign treasurer for Santos, Nancy Marks, who was a top financial official on Santos’ congressional campaign.
According to CBS News, Marks pleaded guilty last Thursday to one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, which included wire fraud, falsifying records and identity theft, according to court documents.