The FBI is investigating Rep. George Santos' role in alleged GoFundMe scheme for a veteran's dying dog.
Richard Osthoff told NBC News on Wednesday that he had been on the phone with the FBI and provided all requested records and information, including text messages dating back to his exchanges with Santos in 2016 about raising $3,000 for his dog Sapphire.
“I’m elated the big guys finally picked it up,” Osthoff said. “I turned over all my text messages and I’m in the process of turning over everything related to the GoFundMe campaign."on the scope of the FBI's investigation. An FBI spokesman in New York declined comment, as did a spokesperson for the Eastern District of New York.on his claims that the funds Santos helped raise on GoFundMe through a charity group linked to the lawmaker were never made available.
Osthoff later said in an NBC News interview that Santos helped him launch the fundraiser but began “coming up with all these excuses” about the money and ultimately refused to hand over the funds.Osthoff said he believes the funds would have saved his dog’s life. In December, two federal law enforcement sources confirmed that federal prosecutors in New York had opened an investigation into Santos and were examining his finances, including potential irregularities involving financial disclosures and loans he made to his campaign as he was running for Congress.
The probe by federal prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York is one of a series of investigations into the embattled New York Republican.
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