George Santos masterminded 2017 fraud case

Hello folks,

I normally don’t take articles from politic sites, but Brian Krebs had some thoughts about this and I decided to read the accompanying article. In this article, it discloses his full name which includes four names. Most people have three names: a first, middle and last. What’s up with 4 names and how does that work? Just a muse.

Today, he wrote on Mastodon:

BrianKrebs: How crazy would it be if George Devolder Santos had an account on the carding forums? Welp, there goes my weekend!

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/09/santos-masterminded-atm-fraud-feds-00086417

At the time of his arrest, Trelha had a fake Brazilian ID card and 10 suspected fraudulent cards in his hotel room, according to police documents. An empty FedEx package police found in his rental car was sent from the Winter Park unit he shared with Santos.

Trelha told federal authorities in the declaration Wednesday that his “deal with Santos was 50% for him and 50% for me.”

“We used a computer to be able to download the information on the pieces. We also used an external hard drive to save the filming, because the skimmer took the information from the card, and the camera took the password,” he wrote.

The link, which is in plain text is titled George Santos masterminded 2017 ATM fraud, former roommate tells feds.

Wonder if Brian will investiage this and write an article on this? I don’t see a date on this article. It must have been recently posted, or it wouldn’t be commented on this late.

One of the gentlemen mentioned in the case was deported back to Brazil, while George told him not to mention him as part of the case.

I”ve heard of George when it comes to politics, and it saddens me to see a story like this. You think politicians would be more on the up and up, but then again, its about getting as much money as you can.

“I am coming forward today to declare that the person in charge of the crime of credit card fraud when I was arrested was George Santos / Anthony Devolder,”
Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha wrote in the declaration.

If you’re interested in the full story, please feel free to go ahead and click on through to read it. This is going to be very interesting. Lots of links here so I can’t quote and take it apart like I’d like.