Prosecutors accept deal with George Santos in Brazilian fraud case

Prosecutors in Brazil have agreed to a take care of Rep. George Santos in a case during which he’s accused of defrauding a Rio de Janeiro space clerk of $1,300 over garments and sneakers in 2008, paperwork obtained by CNN present.

A petition from Santos’ legal professional requesting a deal says Santos would conform to formally confess to the crime and pay damages to the sufferer, a Rio de Janeiro space clerk, as is required below Brazilian regulation.

A memo from prosecutors agreeing to the deal final week requested the protection for assurances they’ve the power to contact the sufferer to repay him earlier than the deal is finalized.

The petition from Santos’ legal professional, filed in January, requests a non-prosecutorial settlement in lieu of a trial for his shopper, arguing that Santos is now gainfully employed and “re-socialized.” The petition additionally requested permission for Santos to be contacted by the court docket by way of electronic mail or telephone, and take part within the proceedings by way of videoconference.

Agreements could be reached in non-violent instances the place the sentencing minimal is below 4 years.

Santos didn’t remark when requested about this reporting on Capitol Hill by CNN’s Manu Raju. CNN has reached out to attorneys for Santos in Brazil and the US.

In 2010, Santos instructed police he wrote dangerous checks from a stolen checkbook belonging to an aged man his mom cared for to buy the objects.

Santos instructed the New York Submit in December he had not been charged with any crime in Brazil. “I’m not a legal right here – not right here or in Brazil or any jurisdiction on this planet. Completely not. That didn’t occur,” he mentioned on the time.

After Santos left for the US, Brazilian authorities couldn’t discover an deal with to serve him papers intimating him to look in court docket, which ultimately led to the archiving of the case, till it was reopened in January.

Prosecutors couldn’t remark additional, because the case is below a gag order.

This story has been up to date with further particulars.