Santos’s Treasurer Gets Probation, Must Repay $178K

Courthouse News reports:

The treasurer for former Rep. George Santos’ congressional campaign was sentenced to three years of probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to a felony count of conspiracy to defraud the US, admitting to filing false campaign finance reports, obstructing the FEC and aggravated identity theft. U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert handed down the sentence to Nancy Marks about a month after she gave Santos more than seven years. Seybert also ordered Marks to pay more than $178,000 in restitution.

Marks copped to a scheme to ensure Santos qualified for financial and logistical support from the National Party Committee: She and Santos agreed to report phony campaign donations from at least 10 of their family members, knowing the relatives had not actually donated the money, and to falsely claim Santos loaned the campaign at least $500,000 when he didn’t and couldn’t have afforded to do so.

Read the full article. Last year Santos’s previous campaign treasurer was sentenced to one year.