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Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesA convicted con artist is facing new charges for allegedly trying to swindle several high-profile figures, including serial fabulist and accused fraudster George Santos, the disgraced former GOP congressman facing federal felony charges of his own.
El Paso, Texas, resident Hector Medina came under FBI investigation in the summer of 2023, for “falsely promising… [he] could cause [Santos’] criminal exposure to disappear in exchange for large sums of money,” according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court.
“I am currently in the initial phases of my representation of Mr. Medina in this matter,” attorney Joseph Veith told The Daily Beast in an email. “Mr. Medina eagerly anticipates confronting the allegations against him through the formal legal process.”
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