Republican Financial Crimes Scandals List

Bought luxury clothing, erotic adult content online, luxury skin care products, meals, and paid off personal debts with more than $50,000 in campaign contributions he told donors would be used to support his bid for Congress

Funneled over $100k of political contributions into his personal accounts which he used to fund trips to Las Vegas, Napa valley, and elsewhere by using a sham charity called the “United Latino Foundation” to embezzle the donor money

Defrauded banks in New York by vastly overinflating the value of his assets by as much as $3.6 billion dollars in order to obtain more favorable loan terms in a scheme a judge overseeing his case described as "persistent and repeated fraud"

Stole $9,657 in proceeds from an online auction of old government-owned vehicles and deposited the money into his personal bank account

Illegally profited more than $223,000 by acting on insider information to purchase shares of Navigant Consulting stock shortly before it was acquired by another consulting firm

Illegally made more than $126,000 in profit after receiving confidential information about T-Mobile's intention to acquire Sprint from a T-Mobile executive at a golf outing

Accepted over $150,000 in cash and gifts including premium NY Mets season tickets, a discounted beachfront apartment, a bespoke suit and a one-of-a-kind painting by an apprentice of Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí in exchange for helping his co-conspirators gain special access to top officials to get a leg up on various pet projects of theirs

Impersonated a top aide to then Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in fundraising emails that tricked more than a dozen donors into giving money to George Santos's political campaign and received a 15% commission on each contribution

Stole nearly $1 million from a NYC police officers union by filing falsified expense reports for personal items including lavish meals and luxury clothing and over-inflating the amount he should be reimbursed for countless other expenses for over four years to such a degree that prosecutors described it as a "personal piggy bank" and then lied to federal officials when they confronted him

Accepted cash bribes totaling $72,500 to circumvent concealed carry gun laws by giving people fake deputy credentials that allowed them to carry a concealed weapon in any state without a permit

Lied to financial institutions on multiple loan applications by vastly overstating his assets -- by nearly $18 million on just one application alone -- and grossly underreporting his liabilities by millions of dollars which led to him being approved for loans totaling $172 million that he otherwise wouldn't have been granted

Refused to pay his staffer Noelle Dunphy $1 million in promised wages which he kept telling her "would have to be deferred and her employment kept secret" until divorce proceedings he was going through at the time concluded, but never paid her even after his divorce was finalized

Violated federal law by asserting he had upwards of $5 million in assets that didn't actually exist on financial disclosure forms he submitted during his 2022 run for Congress which makes you wonder why someone would falsely report having assets that didn't actually exist

Illegally received over $24,000 in COVID unemployment benefits from New York while he was still employed making a $120,000 salary at his job in Florida and then later hypocritically signed on as a top cosigner of a House bill meant to recover these ill-gotten funds

Defrauded a donor who gave him $535,200 to use on his campaign which he diverted to his personal business accounts instead and broke campaign finance laws by not disclosing it in a scheme multiple campaign finance experts called “unprecedented,” “stunning,” and “jaw-dropping”

Stole $32,000 from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Montgomery, $4,800 from a local Alabama city hall and more than $2,500 worth of flooring materials and construction materials from his previous employer over a yearslong period

Accepted $110,200 in cash and other bribes including chartered flights from a businessman and two lobbyists in exchange for approving their medical marijuana business licenses during his time as chair of Michigan's marijuana licensing board

Loaded his truck with stolen large scrap metal objects including an air conditioner, furnace, and water heater (the latter of which a police officer caught him loading into his truck) from the dumpster area of a heating and cooling company which had signs posted in multiple areas explicitly stating that "all materials in and around dumpster is property" of the company

Allegedly paid an accomplice $100 per day to illegally tamper with ATM machines in order to sell customer credit and debit card data online

Stole over $600 worth of groceries by not scanning items in the self-checkout on three separate occasions

Illegally accepted over $280k in "kickbacks" from a local excavation company in exchange for approving over $700k in invoices for purported road work they never performed

Purchased four golden retriever puppies from an Amish breeder with fraudulent checks that later bounced and left the owner of the puppies out of nearly $5,000 in lost income

Pocketed $3,000 from a GoFundMe fundraiser meant to save a homeless veteran's dying service dog who later died

Cashed in between $628,000 and $1.72 million in stocks from companies seen as vulnerable to the burgeoning COVID-19 outbreak over a series of 33 separate transactions after receiving confidential briefings as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee

Collected $50 per person at a fundraiser he hosted for animal rescue charity Friends of Pets United that did not appear to exist which makes you wonder where that money went

Stole a checkbook from a dying man his mother was caring for and used the stolen checks to purchase clothing and shoes while living in Brazil

Stole prescription drugs from senior citizens residing in an assisted living facility

Illegally obtained over $45,000 in Small Business Covid-Relief Funds out of $150,000 he applied for claiming that dormant companies he owned with no employees actually had 6 employees and revenue of $800k

Claimed a $1,500 homestead tax exemption meant for people who claim Texas their "principal residence" while he was running for a Senate seat in Georgia at the exact same time

Raked in thousands of dollars in illegal "pay-for-play" campaign donations from wealthy donors in exchange for granting them concealed weapons permits and accepted gifts including a suite at an NHL game from the same donors

Stole $1 million in donations from a "We Build the Wall" GoFundMe campaign using fake invoices and accounts

Purchased a diary stolen from Joe Biden's granddaughter for $20,000 then leaked it to a reporter at another rightwing outlet who posted the private material days before the 2020 Presidential election

Funneled more than $202,000 in state funds earmarked for legislative mailers to personal accounts using a fictitious consulting company called Phoenix Solutions

Funneled more than $202,000 in state funds earmarked for legislative mailers to personal accounts using a fictitious consulting company called Phoenix Solutions

Illegally spent $92,800 in taxpayer funds over ten years for rent on two next door cottages that were well outside his district and not used for government purposes (one for living and the other for personal storage) and hid it by falsely declaring the one he didn't live at as a "district office" in which he -- not coincidentally -- billed the state twice the rent for in a scheme helped his legislative aide's relatives who owned them

Forced his way into an elderly woman's house and stole her late husband's handgun as she hid in the bedroom

Raked in over $600,000 in kickbacks from a health insurance fraud scheme that charged providers with over $2.5 million worth of unnecessary tests that were ordered from doctors and conducted by a pharmaceutical company who were all involved in the conspiracy

Spent roughly $100,000 in campaign donations on personal expenses that included a down payment on a home, luxury cars, and childcare expenses

Promoted a new cryptocurrency he had secret information on one day before it was released to the public without disclosing his investment as required by law

Stole an unknown amount from parking meters that was supposed to be deposited into a government bank account and sold government office furniture through a social media account with the intention of keeping the money he made from the sale

Stole a trailer's worth of his competitor's campaign signs and was caught red-handed by two of them who witnessed him stealing their signs without consent

Defrauded 25+ people out of $6.8 million through a Ponzi scheme they thought was being invested on their behalf but was used to fund his lavish lifestyle instead

Accepted an illegal $24,000 payoff in exchange for pressuring other state lawmakers to contract with a fake consulting company the state speaker of the house secretly created

Didn't scan an item at two separate self-checkout registers at a local Walmart and claimed it was done "inadvertently" when confronted by store security, but presumably from guilt later resigned from his city council position

Tricked a financial lender into giving him a $1 million loan to purchase and renovate a family home which he falsely represented as an investment property through a fake company

Embezzled over $59k from a local Republican committee and spent it on personal expenses including mortgage payments, wine trips, luxury candies, and everyday expenses like groceries

Conspired with another man to steal a $6,000 golf cart then schemed to sell the cart to his coconspirator for $1,000 with the assumption being they would sell it for a hefty profit

Stole valuable parts from vehicles that belonged to a local church, Habitat for Humanity and at least two residences before getting caught and arrested by the police while being a self-proclaimed "Christian Conservative"

Engineered an illegal $233,647 taxpayer funded payment to himself from the Maryland Environmental Service by lying that then Maryland Governor Larry Hogan approved it as his severance

Illegally took $355,550 in state and federal COVID relief by falsely claiming the money would go to pay nonexistent employee's salaries

Unlawfully evaded paying almost $2 million in taxes over a fifteen-year period on items including rent, luxury cars and private school tuition for his grandchildren

Failed to pay roughly $400,000 in taxes and penalties he owed on his 2017 tax bill

Illegally sheltered hundreds of thousands of dollars in a trust and a company he owned in order to avoid paying $205,410 in back taxes he and his wife owed to the IRS

Embezzled $400k in taxpayer money by using a government issued credit card on personal purchases including cryptocurrency and professional sports memorabilia

Accepted thousands of dollars' worth of home remodeling and repairs in addition to securing employment for a woman he was having an affair with from wealthy real estate developer Nate Paul in exchange for investigating Paul's business adversaries and helping him settle a lawsuit in his favor

Spent over $200,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses including his mortgage and cars

Raked in $191,815 by selling fake stem-cell treatments to unsuspecting patients she told would help combat COVID-19, but in reality all she administered was amniotic fluid that had no known medical benefits

Stole and burned Black Lives Matter banners from prominent D.C. churches

Illegally raked in a $35k profit after selling 100,000 shares of "penny stock" COPsync after receiving confidential information that it was about to crash

Gave $1.5 million dollars in bribes to a North Carolina Insurance Commissioner in exchange for favorable treatment of his insurance company by state regulators and the firing of the deputy insurance commissioner

Received over $400k in federal COVID relief by falsely claiming two defunct businesses were still operational

Forged her own brother's signature on a land deed in an attempt to transfer the title to her family without having to pay for the property

Accepted bribes during a lavish trip to Las Vegas which included $10k in cash, a free room, sex with an escort and a nearly $35,000 tab at a night club in exchange for directing major development projects to a prominent businessman in Los Angeles

Cashed out over $570,000 from a $1.5 million mortgage loan he was able to refinance by lying to his bank about outstanding tax liabilities and illegally diverted his employees' payroll taxes to his personal accounts in order to maintain a lavish lifestyle and pay down his own tax obligations

Hid $80 worth of clothes in a shopping bag and left a Kohl's department store without paying which resulted in her getting banned from the store and having to pay a $280 fine

Stole an eye-popping 279 items totaling $2,327.97 from a Target store and $40 worth of cat food from a local grocery store mere months apart from each other

Took cash bribes totaling over $150,000 from the co-owner of orthodontic clinics in exchange for his efforts to help change a dental practices law he didn't like

Illegally spent over $100,000 in campaign contributions on personal expenses and then tried to cover it up by filing numerous false tax returns

Tried to bribe the NC state insurance commissioner with a $1.5 million donation to his reelection bid and another $250k donation from the NC Republican party in exchange for favorable treatment for a business associate friend of his who demanded the removal of an insurance regulator who oversaw his companies then lied to the FBI when they confronted him

Stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims including his own god mother, family members, and former classmates by convincing them to invest in various schemes he concocted that promised massive returns, but instead kept the money for himself and didn't repay the investors

Illegally paid adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money to keep her from going public about an extramarital affair they had by directing his personal lawyer Michael Cohen to pay her off and agreeing to reimburse him in monthly installments one month before the 2016 election in violation of campaign-finance laws

Accepted over $900,000 from a well-connected political consultant in exchange for acting in his client's interests in secret by not disclosing the true source of the funds as required by state law then lied to a grand jury about it in an attempt to cover it up

Embezzled $46,500 including $27,500 from the city of Stockton, CA, with the help of his executive assistant

Illegally gave insider information to his son and others to help them avoid more than $700k in losses by selling their stock in a biotech company before news of a multiple sclerosis drug trial failing FDA authorization went public causing the stock to drop 90%

Used a government-issued credit card for personal expenses including gasoline, claimed mileage for trips that he used a government-owned vehicle for, pressured a witness to lie to federal investigators and lied to investigators himself

Stole nearly $600 worth of clothes from a local department store then went back to the same store later that day and attempted to return the stolen items for cash or store credit

Stole $133k from his election campaign by routing funds through a political consulting firm that in turn paid him over a series of transactions

Hired a prostitute on two separate occasions and took her to a hotel room he used taxpayer dollars to pay for while also being a married father of three who voted for stricter solicitation laws shortly before getting caught

Pocketed $46,500 in state grants designated for community upgrades by manipulating the bidding process to award his company a contract for work that was never done

Accepted over $4 million from lobbyists working on behalf of his father's consulting firm and then advocated on their behalf for legislation that would benefit them

Ordered the head of state police Paul Collier to "be prepared to arrest" his wife's chief of staff Heather Hannah in order to prevent her from going public with details of an affair he had with a senior political adviser

Ordered head of the state police Paul Collier to track down a secret recording of him speaking with a woman he was having an extramarital affair with so he could presumably have the recording destroyed

Illegally spent $1.25 million dollars in funds meant for charity on campaign and personal expenses including hot air balloon rides and a new dishwasher

Embezzled $2.7 million from a local Boys and Girls Club over a four-year period and also used the organization's credit card for personal trips to the Philippines and Lake Tahoe, hotels, retail purchases and membership to dating website filipinocupid.com

Funneled roughly $600,000 in state funds to two non-profits in exchange for a large financial payoff facilitated through a third-party consulting company who concealed the bribes

Received a $38k bribe to funnel $600k in government funds to a private evangelical Christian college and another non-profit organization

Violated campaign-finance laws by paying former Playboy Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal $150,000 in hush money to keep her from going public about an extramarital affair they had by orchestrating a convoluted payment scheme involving his lawyer Michael Cohen and the tabloid National Enquirer a week and a half before the 2016 election

Modified his timecards so he could get paid for hours he didn't actually work on at least five separate occasions before he was caught by his employer and reported to the police

Was videotaped stealing his GOP primary opponent's lawn signs in two separate locations in broad daylight after his rival campaign staked them out after many of their signs went missing presumably because numbnuts here stole them

Listed a fake address on his declaration of candidacy forms and illegally claimed a city refund of $500 on a vacant building he owned and altered official documents related to the refund

Stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from his campaign to spend on everyday personal expenses like family vacations, private school tuition and jewelry so he could live the opulent lifestyle his taxpayer funded salary didn't provide

Stole candy bars and a map from sporting goods store Cabella's

Took bribes including a free vacation to Thailand and a $11k luxury handbag from a military contractor when he was a captain in the Navy

Conspired with a business executive to hide $524,000 in assets owed to an insurance company that was left on the hook for a $6 million contract the executive failed to fulfill and then intentionally lied to an IRS investigator when questioned

Convinced numerous people into investing $840,000 in a technology company that he secretly earned commissions on while giving the false impression he was actually an investor

Received nearly $50,000 he was not entitled to after he lied about driving 90,000 more miles than he actually did in reimbursement forms he filed with the government and his campaign

Spent tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds on private jets, automobiles, tickets to the Super Bowl, massages and cigars and many other things over a five-year period

Funneled roughly $2.3 million to his private businesses by leveraging his status as state Speaker of the House and chair of the Alabama Republican Party to solicit favors from some of Alabama's most influential politicians (including former Gov. Bob Riley) and businesspeople

Fraudulently concealed $35,000 he received working for the 2012 campaign of Republican congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley by creating a fake third-party contract with her husband's business to disguise the fact that a convicted criminal was providing them campaign advice

Broke into his ex-girlfriend's home by kicking in the door and stole her handgun, computer, cell phone, and a number of other items while she was away at work

Charged local taxpayers to reimburse him $1,331 on expenses he spent entertaining a subordinate he was having an extramarital affair with and on rental cars he used to visit the woman and his wife on different weekends

Pocketed $50k in federal grant money that was supposed to have been returned to the government by a charity with alleged ties to terrorism who hired him to lobby for their removal from a list of charities suspected of funding terrorism and tried to hide it by funneling the money through various nonprofits

Stole a necklace worth only $27.99 from a Sears department store by hiding it in her pocket and not paying for it when checking out with other items and then tried to flee when confronted by security which proved her guilty intentions

Tricked NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's aides into giving him $1.1 million in campaign funds that he said would be used to set up a ballot-security operation but was instead diverted to a personal account which he used to purchase a new home

Stole a truck with an attached 20ft travel trailer around 3am and soon after got stuck in a resident's driveway when he unsuccessfully attempted to turn around then passed out in the truck and later registered a BAC of .15 when police arrived

Strongarmed leaders of a copper mining company into purchasing a large tract of land from a business associate who owed him money in exchange for him sponsoring legislation that would be favorable to the company, even once explicitly telling those involved "no Sandlin Property, no bill," then failed to pay taxes on the $733,000 he received from the sale once the deal went through

Funneled $400k in insurance premiums from a company he owned to his congressional campaign then later transferred ownership of the company to his wife

Accepted $255,000 worth of lavish home renovations and over $236,000 in rental payments from billionaire business developer Eitan Wertheimer in exchange for using his position as NYPD Commissioner to lobby on Wertheimer's behalf with city officials, failed to report the additional income on his federal taxes and lied to federal investigators when confronted about it

Accepted free vacations and construction services at his vacation home valued at $107,000 in exchange for directing state contracts to a prominent businessman and also failed to report the income on his taxes