george santos lies, crimes, and general malarkey masterpost
as of january 21, 2023
his full name is george anthony devolder santos. he's gone by just about every version of that. as well as his drag name, kitara ravache.
claimed he went to horace mann high school (he didn't) nyu and baruch college (he didn't go to college) where he was a star volleyball player and had to get a double knee replacement (he wasn't and he didn't)
said he’d worked for goldman sachs and citigroup, who both had no record of him working there
one accurate part of his resume was harbor city capital, a ponzi scheme shut down by the sec shortly after he left
pretended to run an animal charity called friends of pets united
scammed a disabled homeless veteran out of money for his dying dog
used surname zabrovsky while doing so because “the jews will give more if you’re a jew”
claimed his mother died in 2016 and on 9/11. later ‘clarified’ she was in one of the twin towers, survived, then died in 2016 from cancer caused by ash cloud. immigration records indicate she was in brazil in 2001
identified as a ‘proud american jew’ despite being catholic. later said he never claimed to be jewish, he said he was ‘jew-ish’
said his grandparents were ukrainian holocaust survivors (they were catholics who lived in brazil their entire lives)
claimed to be half-black
claimed he had a brain tumor and was one of the first people in america to get covid
pretended he'd been mugged
said he he lost employees in the pulse nightclub shooting (he didn’t)
mysteriously went from a net worth of $5,000 in 2020 to $11 million in 2022
campaign worker posed as kevin mccarthy chief of staff to fraudulently solicit donations and was paid $100k to do so
stole donors’ credit cards and went to town with unauthorized charges
under investigation by brazilian authorities for using stolen checks
wore a stolen scarf to the stop the steal ralley, according to his former roommate
claimed he was on an episode of hannah montana
said he stopped being invited to the met gala because he was a conservative
january 22, 2023
claimed he helped develop carbon capture technology
