Who Is Rep.-Elect George Santos? His Résumé May Be Largely Fiction
The bigger thing here, I think, is that what NYT could verify was:<p>(1) He was a low-level finance guy, making ~55k/year, with a criminal background in Brazil
(2) He got a jr exec job at a company that turned out to be a ponzi scheme
(3) When the ponzi went bust, a bunch of the former execs started a new company. That company paid him between $750k-$5 million, depending which (contradictory) disclosure of his you believe.
(4) Shortly afterwards, he began running for Congress<p>Raises more Qs than answers, but seems like the type of thing where there'll be a follow-up