George Santos sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraud, identify the flight

George Santos was sentenced after pleading guilty of wire fraud and charges of identity theft … receiving more than seven years behind bars.

The former member of the NY disgrace Congress was sentenced to a hearing hall in Long Island on Friday … receiving 87 months in a federal prison. He must also pay more than $ 370,000 in restitution, and he loses certain assets … to bring the total cost to $ 580,000.

Santos faced a compulsory sentence of the minimum of two years in prison for the conviction of the flight flight … but it seems that a judge thought that this had not reached the punishment threshold for his crimes.

Santos said he would ask Serve his time for lonely isolation For its own protection … unclear if it will be granted this for the moment.

As we told you … Santos was charged in May 2023 – a movement he called A total witch hunt At the time – and, he was finally accused of nearly two dozen crimes.

GS cut a plea agreement Last summer … pleading guilty of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud – appearing before the Tribunal to the COP for the use of the credit card of a campaign donor in September and October 2022.

GS was elected to the congress in 2022 and swore in January 2023 – and he was Office boot In the midst of a federal investigation of less than a year in his first and the only mandate. Many elements of its campaign biography have also been manufactured.

Santos appeared on “The Matt Gaetz Show” on OneRica News Network Thursday evening … revealing that he was worried about his own security behind bars because of his position against the gangs during his short term in the congress.