Hector Medina pleaded guilty to charges alleging he promised to make Santos’ criminal case disappear.
former Rep. George Santos. In those messages, he claimed that he worked with prosecutors and judges throughout the country and offered to “cut a deal,” prosecutors say. Medina pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud in the Eastern District of New York.
“If you’re interested, I can get everything dropped, evidence that is on you removed, disappeared,” Medina wrote, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. “Reach out to me if you’re interested.” Prosecutors said Medina, sometimes going by the alias “Michael Soto,” repeatedly followed up and urged Santos to wire him $900,000.Medina made similar offers to other celebrities facing criminal charges, including an actor, a musician and an athlete, prosecutors say in court filings.The U.S. attorney’s office said in a sentencing memo that Medina admitted to sending the messages and to searching the internet for people who were in trouble and might be easy targets.
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