The FBI is investigating if George Santos scammed a veteran by taking funds for his dying dog: report | Business Insider

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Federal agents are investigating accusations that Republican Rep. George Santos took more than $3,000 (about R51,000) from a GoFundMe fundraiser meant for a military veteran's dying dog, per Politico. | BISouthAfrica

— in 2016. Devolder set up a GoFundMe page for Sapphire in May 2016. However, Devolder started ghosting Osthoff after more than $3,000 was raised, Patch reported.GoFundMe told Insider in January that the platformin 2016, and put a ban on his email after they could not contact him.

"When we received a report of an issue with this fundraiser in late 2016, our trust and safety team sought proof of the delivery of funds from the organizer," GoFundMe told Insider. "The organiser failed to respond, which led to the fundraiser being removed and the email associated with that account prohibited from further use on our platform," GoFundMe added in its statement.

asked Santos questions about the investigation on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Santos told Steakin he has"no clue" about the DBI investigation, and has"never met" Osthoff. , when news about the GoFundMe first broke. A representative for Santos did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

 

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