George Santos, the former U.S. Representative, has requested a delay in his sentencing on federal fraud charges until summer, aiming to pay off fines by producing a podcast and continuing Cameo appearances. Prosecutors, however, labeled his financial prospects as 'extremely speculative' and criticized his podcast title, 'Pants on Fire,' as 'tone-deaf and unrepentant.'
Prosecutors say the 36-year-old Santos has earned more than $400,000 from appearances on Cameo , the video-sharing website, and another $400,000 from a new documentaryhas asked a New York judge to delay his sentencing on federal fraud charges until the summer so he can pay off more than half a million dollars in fines by making more episodes of his recently launched podcast “Pants on Fire."
His earnings, prosecutors said, come on top of the roughly $174,000 taxpayer-funded salary he received during his 11-month stint on Capitol Hill. As part of a deal negotiated with prosecutors, Santos agreed to pay nearly $580,000 in fines, including nearly $375,000 in restitution and $205,000 in forfeiture.
“Mr. Santos now has a viable path to making meaningful progress in satisfying his obligations, requiring only additional time for the quarterly compensation structure to generate sufficient funds,” his lawyers wrote.
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