Amish country farmers say George Santos took puppies, left bad checks
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — It was after dark when George A. Santos approached the farmer in Pennsylvania’s Amish country looking to buy at least eight puppies.
He promised a wire transfer of more than $5,000 but it never appeared, the farmer said in an interview. He said Santos ended up writing a smaller check — and driving off with four golden retrievers.
“Something inside me said I just cannot trust him,” the farmer told The Washington Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect his privacy.
The check bounced.
The farmer, who has not previously spoken to the media, said he called police following the encounter in 2017. It took nearly two years for the authorities to locate Santos back home in New York, but he was eventually charged with theft by deception, according to a brief mention in The Star, a local newspaper in York County. In May 2021, the paper reported, the case was dismissed under a provision of Pennsylvania law that allows misdemeanor charges to be dropped when a prosecutor consents and “satisfaction has been made to the aggrieved person.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/02/10/george-santos-amish-puppies/
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And then walks off with 4? There's something fishy about this story. Not saying Santos isn't a liar and a cheat. The story does seem a bit incredible, though. Why would anyone do business on the promise of a wire transfer?
I have my own problems with Amish puppy mills. We have them around here.
The article is behind a paywall, so I can't read the whole thing. Maybe there's more information there that I'm missing.
