Michael Montenes, the owner of M.S. Hi-Tech, made four payments, ranging between $500 and $7,200, to then Energy Department official Jami Anthony totaling $18,800, prosecutors said, and in exchange, she awarded the company a $900,000 contract.
Indicted Congressman George Santos on Friday appealed a judge's ruling to make public the names of the guarantors of the $500,000 bond in his wire fraud and money laundering case.
On Tuesday, Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields ordered the release of the identities of three people who signed on to help copiously indicted Republican Rep. George Santos post a $500,000 bond. Judge Shields gave Santos’ legal team until Friday at noon to appeal the decision.The decision comes one day.