Brazilian clerk details George Santos" scam

[Demovictory9]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/04/politics/george-santos-brazilian-clerk-fraud/index.html

A Brazilian former shop clerk allegedly defrauded out of more than $1,300 by George Santos has a message to voters who cast ballots for the Republican congressman-elect: "Don't feel guilty, he does that really well. He's a professional liar."

In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Bruno Simões said that Santos in 2008 paid for merchandise using a pair of stolen checks and forging the signature of the account owner.

Simões became suspicious of Santos' demeanor -- saying he was overly charming while shopping -- and subsequently attempted to verify the checks.

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When it became clear they were fraudulent, the shop's owner demanded Simões, then in his early 20s, pay the damages -- roughly equal to four months' salary. Simões paid in installments before the shop owner waived the remaining amount.

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In a 2009 social media exchange with Simões, Santos promised to repay him, saying, "I know I screwed up and I want to pay up." But Simões said Santos never made good on the pledge and, barring a court order, doesn't have "high hopes" he'll ever see the money again.

[SheltieLover]

1. Kicking for visibility

[Demovictory9]

4. T hanks..bottom line Santos STILL owes people money

[SheltieLover]

5. Of course he does!

I hope they lock his ass up!

[malaise]

2. K & R

Truth will out

[elleng]

3. 'professional liar' fits right in!

[Irish_Dem]

6. Santos has now hit the jackpot. GOP grifting is standard and legal.

[Quakerfriend]

7. Seems Brazil wants to nab Santos

I keep wondering how he’s been supporting himself for the past ~ decade.

[Hekate]

8. Kick!

[dalton99a]

9. Kick

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. Voters who have not learned

that lies are part of the standard GOP toolkit should feel guilty.

And when you look at the reasons of why they voted for him they should be even more ashamed.

[Blue Owl]

11. To those in New York who voted for George Santos:

All of you people are fucking goddamned idiots.

[peppertree]

13. It was proof of what we at DU have long known:

That most Republicans will vote for a moldy ham sandwich - as long as it has an R beside it.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. At Least That Moldy Ham Sandwich...

...doesn't lie about what it is.
So, voting for Santos is worse than voting for the sandwich with the "R".

[peppertree]

18. The Brazilian Narco Rubio, I like to call him

A greasy con-man - more shameless than Trump, and with more skeletons in his closet than Lindsey.

[Blue Owl]

22. Good description! Funny but true.....

[peppertree]

23. Thanks.

It is what it is.

[thenelm1]

20. What I still can't wrap my head around is this was a Dem district and this...

conman managed to flip it. How did that happen? A krappy campaign on the part of the Dem incumbent? A "charm" offensive that checked all the right boxes from the conman? Or just the typical complaints about inflation, crime, etc? Prior to 2012 it was R Peter King's old district but had been Dem since then.

It looks like low voter turnout was a huge part of the problem. In 2020 Santos lost by 45+K votes out of 372.5+ total votes (208K to 162K). This cycle he won 142K votes to the incumbent's 120K votes with a total count of 262+ K votes. That's a huge swing. Dem mid-term voter apathy strikes again...

(I answered my own question apparently. When the hell are Dem voters going to learn...)

[Blue Owl]

21. That is rather bizarre

As more information comes out about who Santos really is and the extent of his lying, I hope this will be the last time the district allows such a thing to happen….

[SunSeeker]

12. Santos is such a slimeball. And so is the shop owner who made the employee pay for Santos' fraud.

[Trust_Reality]

14. Santos seems to have committed fraud against the voters in his district.

What are they going to do about it???????

[bobbyar]

15. republican's- nothing !

[Tadpole Raisin]

16. Yah and he got mugged while going to pay his back rent. No police report.

I wish his crimes were at the level where Brazil could/would request extradition. Slime weasel!!

[republianmushroom]

19. "Don't feel guilty, he does that really well. He's a professional liar." a born republican