![]() ![]() Professor Sarah Webber is a nonprofit accounting scholar, and what drew her attention to Santos were reports that he fabricated a charity. Here we spotlight three examples from our archives. ![]() about Santos, his ability to lie when the truth was readily available and the resentment such lies breed in voters. Several scholars have written for The Conversation U.S. “Taken together, the allegations in the indictment charge Santos with relying on repeated dishonesty and deception to ascend to the halls of Congress and enrich himself,” said U.S. Santos surrendered to federal authorities at a courthouse in suburban Long Island on May 10. Department of Justice has charged Santos with 13 counts of criminal wrongdoing, including fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making false statements. Now some of his alleged lies, the ones the public had not previously heard about, are the subject of a federal indictment as the U.S. representative for New York’s 3rd Congressional District has been accused of lying about his education, work history, charitable activity, athletic prowess and even where he lives, among other things. (THE CONVERSATION) Even by today’s low ethical standards for politicians, George Santos is quite exceptional. ![]()
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