A former fundraiser for the campaign of New York Republican Rep. George Santos faces federal charges that he impersonated a high-ranking aide to a member of House leadership while wooing potential donors.
An indictment, made public Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, accuses Samuel Miele of four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for email and telephone communications from August to December 2021.
The staffer Miele pretended to be is Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s former chief of staff, the New York Times reported.