The FBI has spoken to the veteran who claims disgraced Rep. George Santos conned him out of thousands of dollars meant to go toward saving his dying service dog, according to a report.
meant to go toward saving his dying service dog, according to a report.
Two agents reached out to Richard Osthoff on Wednesday as part of the Brooklyn US Attorney’s probe into the lying Republican lawmaker,Osthoff alleged last month that in 2016, Santos set up a GoFundMe for Osthoff’s beloved service dog, Sapphire, in order to help pay for surgery to remove a tumor. But when the fundraiser hit its goal of $3,000, Santos closed and deleted the fundraising page, became hard to reach, and made off with the money.
Santos, who went by the name Anthony Devolder at the time, allegedly set up the fundraiser for Sapphire through Friends of Pets United, which the New York Times reported is not a registered charity. “I’m glad to get the ball rolling with the big-wigs,” Osthoff told Politico on Wednesday. “I was worried that what happened to me was too long ago to be prosecuted.”
The FBI is reportedly probing Rep. George Santos for his alleged role in scamming a veteran out of thousands of dollars meant for his sick service dog.Navy veteran Richard Osthoff claimed that Santos set up a GoFundMe page for his service dog Sapphire and then kept the $3,000 it raised.
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