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turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
Mon Jan 2, 2023, 08:18 PM Jan 2023

Brazilian law enforcement officials to revive fraud case against GOP's George Santos: NYT

By Brad Reed
Published January 02, 2023

Scandal-plagued Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) now faces potential criminal prosecution in two different countries.

The New York Times reports that law enforcement authorities in Brazil intend to reopen a 15-year-old fraud case involving Santos that had been shelved because police had for years been unable to locate him.

After Santos got elected to Congress last year and after the majority of his life story was exposed as a fabrication, he apparently came back under prosecutors' radars.

https://www.rawstory.com/george-santos-crime-brazil/

Now they know where he is at.....and there is this.....

Extradition. An extradition treaty between the United States and Brazil was signed on January 13, 1961 and implemented on February 11, 1965. The treaty allows both countries to request the return of individuals if the offense(s) committed are considered crimes by both countries.

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Brazilian law enforcement officials to revive fraud case against GOP's George Santos: NYT (Original Post) turbinetree Jan 2023 OP
bu bye!!! mucifer Jan 2023 #1
Wouldn't that be Nice! Cha Jan 2023 #5
Almost got swept under the rug if it weren't for all of that attention. TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #2
Yeah, they couldn't find Cha Jan 2023 #4
omg.. this is Fantastic news! Cha Jan 2023 #3
Looks like Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 #6

Cha

(297,528 posts)
3. omg.. this is Fantastic news!
Mon Jan 2, 2023, 09:11 PM
Jan 2023

Good that de Silva is El Presidente!

Who knows what Jar would have done about it?

Jilly_in_VA

(9,994 posts)
6. Looks like
Mon Jan 2, 2023, 09:53 PM
Jan 2023

Mr. Santos (if that is even his real name) has hit the jackpot now! Or....what's next? I can hardly wait.

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