A Texas man has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for attempting to defraud George Santos of nearly $1 million by offering to destroy evidence in the former congressman's corruption case. Hector Medina, 40, confessed to creating a false identity as a politically connected individual and trying to extort money from Santos by claiming he could make incriminating evidence disappear.
Medina, using the alias Michael Soto, also attempted the scam on other high-profile criminal defendants, such as actor Danny Masterson, but was unsuccessful in convincing anyone. His attorney revealed that the scheme was an attempt to settle gambling debts and lacked the necessary sophistication to be successful.
