Santos pleads not guilty to 13 charges

Continued from Page 1 through the New York State Department of Labor, claiming he had been unemployed since March 2020. From March 2020 to April 2021, ofcials said, Santos received more than $24,000 in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefts.

In May 2020, Santos fled two fraudulent House Disclosures in connection with his unsuccessful run for Congress against former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, ofcials said.

In those disclosures, he allegedly overstated the income he received from a second company he worked at and did not disclose the salary he received from the Florida-based investment frm, according to ofcials.

In September 2022, during his most recent run for Congress, Santos falsely claimed he earned $750,000 in salary from the Devolder Organization LLC, which he was the sole benefcial owner, received between $1,00,001 and $5,000,000 in dividends from the Devolder Organization LLC, had a checking account with deposits between $100,001 and $250,000 and had a savings accounts with deposits between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000, according to ofcials.

He also failed to disclose to the House that he received around $28,000 in income from the Floridabased investment frm and more than $20,000 in unemployment benefts from the labor department, according to ofcials.

Santos defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman in the 3rd Congressional District election in November. He announced the launch of his re-election campaign last month, despite a lack of support from local and state GOP organizations, including the Nassau County Republican Party.

The FBI and justice department’s probe into Santos’ political fnance history is one of the various investigations the congressman is at the center of since the unearthing of falsehoods in his resume in January.

The Campaign Legal Center, a nonproft organization that aims to advance democracy through the law, questioned the newly elected congressman’s infux of wealth after he reported a salary of $55,000 in 2020, which rose to $750,000 in 2022 and $1 million to $5 million in dividends.

The organization also called the congressman’s $705,000 loan to his campaign into question, claiming he falsifed reports on nearly 40 expenditure flings under $200.

The center fled the complaint with the Federal Election Commission and the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice in January.

The Federal Election Commission said in a letter to the Devolder Santos Nassau Victory Committee that three donors made contributions exceeding the legal limits by $76,000.

The House Ethics Committee launched a formal investigation into Santos in March and will scrutinize his most recent congressional campaign, ofcials announced.

The committee will determine if the embattled representative failed to properly disclose information and statements to Congress, engaged in sexual misconduct with someone seeking employment in his D.C. offce and violated potential federal confict-of-interest laws.