Congressman George Santos Allegedly Scammed Disabled Navy Veteran

Rep. George Santos is now firmly within the doghouse … the embattled U.S. Congressman allegedly scammed a disabled homeless army veteran out of hundreds in donations meant to maintain his dying service pooch alive.

The freshman legislator from NY — who’s already copped to mendacity about his training and work expertise — crossed paths with Navy veteran Richard Osthoff in May 2016 and recognized himself by considered one of his aliases, Anthony Devolder … in response to native information web site, Patch.

Osthoff advised Patch he and his beloved service canine, Sapphire, had been dwelling out of a tent on the aspect of a freeway in Howell, NJ. That can be making an attempt sufficient, however Sapphire additionally had a abdomen tumor that was getting bigger day-to-day.

Osthoff wanted to provide you with $3,000 for his canine’s surgical procedure, so a veterinary tech put him in contact with Santos via a charity named “Friends of Pets United” … which was operated by “Anthony Devolder,” Santos’ alias. Ya, see the place that is going, proper?

Santos/Devolder allegedly began a GoFundMe to harness funds for Sapphire’s surgical procedure, and Osthoff says one month later, Santos posted on Facebook, “We made the goal, and then some.”

This is the place it will get actually shady — in response to Osthoff, he and Santos mentioned taking Sapphire to a unique vet after a bleak prognosis from Santos’ animal physician.

Osthoff texted Santos, “My dog is going to die because of god knows what” — and Santos allegedly replied, “Sapphire is not a candidate for this surgery the funds are moved to the next animal in need and we will make sure we use of resources [sic] to keep her comfortable!”

Osthoff says Sapphire by no means obtained the surgical procedure, died in January 2017 … they usually by no means noticed a dime of the donation cash. Osthoff was so distraught, he contemplated suicide, declaring he “beloved that canine a lot, I inhaled her final breaths after I had her euthanized.”

Now, Santos is denying the entire ordeal … saying he has no clue who Osthoff is or what he is speaking about. He advised the Semafor information web site, “Fake. No clue who this is.”

As we have reported, Santos’ monitor file already sucks … he was accused of fabricating much of his resume to assist him win the congressional seat repping components of Long Island and Queens.