Overview

• Santos must report by 2 p.m. Friday to a yet-to-be-determined federal facility to begin his 87-month sentence for wire fraud and identity theft.
• The sentence was imposed in April by Judge Joanna Seybert after Santos pleaded guilty last August to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud tied to campaign and unemployment benefit schemes.
• He was expelled from Congress in December 2023 following a House Ethics Committee report that revealed his fabrication of academic credentials and misuse of campaign funds.
• Rather than express remorse, Santos spent the week before surrender accusing prosecutors and journalists of conspiracies and issuing online threats.
• A federal judge recommended he be housed in a Northeastern facility, but the Bureau of Prisons has not confirmed his placement as he prepares to enter custody.