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Congressman Santos is snapped in House wearing $7,800 Cartier watch which shares his surname
Embattled GOP Congressman-elect George Santos has been spotted sporting a $7,800 Cartier watch that bears his name, sparking speculation the timepiece may be as fake as his resume.
In various photos snapped of the 34-year-old Congressman-elect over the past week, Santos could be seen wearing a timepiece made by the luxury watchmaker as part of its Santos de Cartier collection.
But, Forbes reports, it could be a fake copy of the real watch, with the counterfeit selling for just $150.
It wouldn't be the first time the Congressman from Long Island was exposed as a scammer — in fact he has made a name for himself lying about everything from his career, education, heritage and even when his mother died.
He is now being investigated in Brazil for alleged check fraud — after he went from having zero assets to contribute to his first campaign in 2020 to being able to lend more than $700,000 to his campaign this past year.
Still, Santos has remained defiant, publicly appearing on the House floor this week as Republicans continue to debate who will serve as the next Speaker.
Disparaged Congressman-elect George Santos, 34, was pictured wearing what appeared to be a $7,800 Cartier watch
The Santos de Cartier watch comes with two interchangeable straps, one in stainless steel and one in blue rubber
The Santos de Cartier watch comes with two interchangeable straps, one in stainless steel and one in blue rubber.
Congressman-elect Santos seemed to be wearing both — sporting the stainless steel one on Tuesday and the blue one on Wednesday.
According to the Cartier website, the Santos watch was 'conceived by Louis Cartier in 1904 to help aviators tell time mid-flight.
It says that Cartier, himself, designed the timepiece himself for his friend, Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who was struggling to check his pocket watch while flying a plane.
'Since then, this pioneering wristwatch has became an icon, defined by its geometric dial, harmoniously cured horns and signature exposed screws.'
But counterfeit ones could sell for just $150, and a luxury watch expert told Forbes 'it is impossible to be sure of the type of watch — let alone its authenticity — from the available photos.'
On Thursday, Santos appeared to elect for the rubber blue strap for the third-consecutive day of voting for a Speaker of the House
The Republican Congressman elect met with Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, on Wednesday
Santos has remained defiant, publicly appearing on the House floor this week as Republicans continue to debate who will serve as the next Speaker
Now, some on Twitter are speculating whether or not the fraudster actually doled out the money for the expensive watch — or just bought a forgery.
Mike Elmendorf, the president and CEO of a New York contractors' association, for example, said he was betting Santos bought a forgery from Battery Park.
Another person added: 'In a turn many a producer would've rejected for being too on the nose, George Santos is wearing a *Santos de Cartier* watch, starting MSRP US$6,800.'
And Sean Ross Collins-Sweeney, a spokesperson for New York State Sen. Anna Kaplan, said he is more interested in why Santos decided to switch his band amid ongoing debates about who will be the next Speaker.
Speculation has mounted online about whether the notorious liar bought the expensive watch or simply elected to purchase a fake
Santos has already admitted to using a stolen checkbook to spend roughly $1,300 at a clothing store in the Brazilian city of Niterói back in 2008.
The checkbook reportedly belonged to a man his mother worked as a nurse for in Brazil, who died a year before she spoke with police in November 2010, according to CNN.
The outlet obtained court documents that claim Santos came clean to police in 2010, after previously speaking with them in 2008 and 2009 over the matter.
He reportedly told police he used 'some sheets' of the checkbook and destroyed the rest.
Santos' mother, the Republican reportedly told police, was in 'despair' when she asked him to return the checkbook - which he had already ruined at that point.
Santos 'acknowledged having been responsible for forging the signatures on the checks, also confirming that he had destroyed the remaining checks,' the police report says.
He reportedly came clean on a Brazilian social media website the following year, writing: 'I know I screwed up, but I want to pay.'
But on Monday, it was revealed that Brazilian authorities revived the investigation, which was stalled for nearly 10 years after authorities in Rio de Janeiro failed to locate Santos.
Santos is being investigated in Brazil for allegedly stealing a checkbook and spending roughly $1,300 in just one day back in 2008. He is pictured here sitting with Rep. Lauren Boebert
Santos has claimed that he has never committed any crimes. He is pictured here Wednesday with Rep-elect Andy Ogles, of Tennessee
The incoming House member has since claimed to the New York Post that he has never committed any crimes.
'I am not a criminal here — not here or in Brazil or any jurisdiction in the world,' Santos said.
But he has admitted to lying about being employed at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, as well as attending Baruch College and New York University.
Santos was also called out for falsely claiming his grandparents were Holocaust survivors, as well as misrepresenting details about his mother's work and not disclosing that he was married to a woman until shortly before his first run for Congress in 2020.
He's now being investigated by federal and state authorities over whether his lies ever broke any laws.
Despite mounting controversies, he's still on Capitol Hill for the first and second days of the 118th Congress
The Brazilian criminal case could be the same one referenced in an account by Santos' former lover reported in the New York Times earlier on Monday.
Pedro Vilarva, who said he was 18 and Santos 26 when they began dating, accused the now-incoming lawmaker of pawning off his phone behind his back and lying about having an income.
After moving in together in 2014 after just a few months of dating Vilarva described abruptly breaking off the relationship upon discovering that Santos was wanted in Brazil.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Santos' lawyer for comment.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has been silent on Santos even as a growing number of current and incoming members of their conference have distanced themselves.
With just a slim 222-seat majority in the new Congress, every GOP vote is critical to his pursuit of the House Speakership.
The lies George Santos has told and the stories he has spun - so far: From fabricating family links to the Holocaust, 9/11 killing his mother, working on Wall Street, recovering from a brain tumor, being of Ukrainian-Jewish descent, and starting a charity
George Santos was revealed to be a pathological liar after he won the 2022 midterm elections to represent New York's 3rd congressional district.
His lies and fabricated stories span almost every topic from his education background to his family's heritage.
Santos flipped the New York seat red and is on track to make history by being sworn in as the first openly gay Republican member of Congress.
The New York Times originally broke the story of Santos' resume embellishments on December 19. They reported that there was no evidence Santos had ever worked at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs and did not attend Baruch College.
Now he is under investigation by both federal and local New York prosecutors, while more accusations about his history surface.
DailyMail.com breaks down the lies Santos has been caught in - so far:
Santos says he is of Ukrainian Jewish descent
In one interview, Santos said his family name on his mother's side was the historically Jewish name 'Zabrovsky.'
'My grandfather was born in Kyiv and left in the late 20s and migrated to Belgium where he met my grandmother and then started a family,' Santos told Fox Digital in February. 'We don't carry the Ukrainian last name, for a lot of people who are descendants of World War II refuges or survivors of the Holocaust, a lot of names or paperwork were changed in the name of survival.'
George Santos was revealed to be a pathological liar after he won the 2022 midterm elections to represent New York's 3rd congressional district. His lies and fabricated stories span almost every topic from his education background to his family's heritage
Reports indicate that there have been no successful efforts to find any Jewish or Ukrainian heritage in his family tree according to the Forward.
Santos said in a separate interview in 2020 that he was raised by 'a white Caucasian mother, an immigrant from Belgium. But Santos' mother, Fatima Devolder, was born in Brazil, according to her obituary in 2016.
Additionally, newly resurfaced tweets show that Santos, who is Brazilian-American, claimed in July 2020 on Twitter that he was biracial, meaning 'Caucasian and black.'
Santos' claims his mother died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Santos wrote in a July 2021 tweet that he was 'blocking' an account with the handle '9/11 was a victimless crime' because his mother was a victim of the terrorist attack.
He wrote, '9/11 claimed my mother's life… so I'm blocking so I don't ever have to read this again,' after the user responded to a tweet from Santos regarding immigration.
An obituary for Santos' mother, however, states that she died in December 2016, which is more than 15 years after the attack took place.
He also confirmed the real date in a December 2021 tweet where he said: 'December 23rd this year marks 5 years I lost my best friend and mentor. Mom you will live forever in my heart.'
Santos' campaign website said his mother 'survived the tragic events of September 11th' in the South Tower office of the World Trade Center and died 'a few years later when she lost her battle to cancer.'
A New York Times report had described Santos' mother as a 'domestic worker' or 'housekeeper.'
His campaign website described his mother as a top executive.
'George's work ethic comes from his mother, who came from nothing, but worked her way up to be the first female executive at a major financial institution,' the website states.
The congressman-elect said in a 2021 tweet that, '9/11 claimed my mother's life,' however Fatima Devolder died in 2016 of cancer and it's unclear if it was 9/11-related. It's also unclear if she was an executive or a housekeeper
Santos said he attended a prestigious New York prep school
The Representative-elect said that he attended Horace Mann School – an elite private school in the Brox where tuition costs $59,800 per year.
'He began Horace Mann preparatory school in the Bronx, however, did not graduate from Horace Mann due to financial difficulties for his family,' read a 2019 biography during his first campaign for Congress, which Santos lost.
'He obtained a GED during his senior year,' it added.
The school said, according to CNN, that he never attended.
'We've searched the records and there is no evidence that George Santos (or any alias) attended Horace Mann,' spokesperson for Horace Mann Prep School Ed Adler said.
CNN reported late Wednesday that the New York Republican never attended Horace Mann School (pictured), an elite private school in the Bronx
Former call center worker Santos' resume includes time at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup
Santos said that he worked on Wall Street for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup but now says he used a 'poor choice of words' when describing his relationship with the two firms.
The incoming congressman worked at a DISH Satellite call center from October 2011 to July 2012.
He also worked for LinkBridge, where, in an attempt to justify his lie, Santos said that he did business with Goldman and Citi and made 'capital introductions' between clients and investors.
Santos said he 'never worked directly' for either firm.
George Santos (right) poses with his then fiancé at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve
Santos' claim his family-owned real estate portfolio of 10+ properties
Santos posted on Twitter in February 2021 that 'my family and I' had not received any rent on 13 properties allegedly owned by him.
A review property taxes owed or paid for in New York state shows no evidence of ownership.
He claimed to have a brain tumor
On March 30, 2020, at the start of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic, an interview with Santos was published on YouTube titled 'George Santos: A Corona Story.' The video has since been set to private
In the video, according to Newsweek, Santos tells two men, one wearing a 'Guns and Freedom' hat and the other seated by a 'Don't Tread on Me' flag, that he had 'battled a brain tumor.'
Discussing his health Santos said: 'I have an immunodeficiency and I also have acute chronic bronchitis. I also battled a brain tumor a couple of years ago and I had radiation done which really lowers your immunity in general.'
Claimed that he lost four employees in Pulse nightclub massacre
During an interview with WNYC, Santos alleged that four 'people that work for me' were killed during the June 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, which left 49 dead.
No connection has yet to be establish between any of the victims and Santos.
Said he was the founder of a charitable foundation
Santos said he founded a tax-exempt animal rights group, Friends of Pets United, which rescued more than 2,500 cats and dogs.
But no records relating to the group's charitable status could be found by the IRS, nor could either the New York or New Jersey attorney general's offices uncover documentation confirming Friends of Pets United had been registered as a charity.
Public records, however, show that Santos was previously married to a woman named Uadla Vieira, a native of Brazil, until 2019
In 2016, he claimed $2,250 was stolen in a mugging on his way to pay rent - but cops have no record of the incident
Santos claimed that in 2016 he was mugged on his way to pay his apartment rent in Queens.
In a sworn statement battling eviction, he said $2,250 was stolen. According to Gothamist, he wrote: 'I have been mugged at approx 1:15 p.m. on 01/15/16 on Queens Boro Plaza, as I was on my way to pay the lawyer.'
'I have gone to the checks cash location located on 31st and 23rd Ave in Astoria to request a stop payment.
'I am unable to provide a police report today as I was requested to go back Tuesday to pick it up.'
The NYPD, however, have no record of the incident, the outlet reported.
Santos eventually moved out of the apartment as a result of the case and paid the rest of what he owed in rent.
-- by Katelyn Caralle