George Santos' ex-fundraiser Sam Miele is sentenced to a year in prison for wire fraud

Source: Associated Press

George Santos’ ex-fundraiser is sentenced to a year in prison for wire fraud

By PHILIP MARCELO
Updated 6:38 PM EST, March 7, 2025

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A former campaign fundraiser for ex- U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in prison for impersonating a high-ranking congressional aide while raising cash for the disgraced New York Republican.

Sam Miele, speaking briefly in federal court on Long Island, apologized to everyone he had “let down,” including family and friends.

“What I did was wrong. Plain and simple,” he said, vowing he would never be involved with the criminal justice system again.

But when pushed by Judge Joanna Seybert to explain why he had committed such brazen fraud despite his privileged upbringing, Miele only responded that he had been a “different person” back then.

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