#Anthony Zabrovsky

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A former roommate of Rep. George Santos said the embattled congressman used a Jewish-sounding last name to try to raise money for a questionable GoFundMe page.

Gregory Morey-Parker, who previously lived with Santos, told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday that Santos used several aliases during their time as roommates.

Morey-Parker said he primarily knew Santos, who has listed his full name as George Anthony Devolder Santos, as Anthony Devolder.

But the former roommate said Santos also referred to himself as Anthony Zabrovsky, a name the now New York congressman reserved for a GoFundMe venture called Friends of Pets United.

CNN reported in late December that conversations with several genealogists had disproved the Holocaust-ancestry claim, and the Republican Jewish Coalition said that month that Santos had "personally" deceived its members about being Jewish.

Santos later told the New York Post that he is Catholic and only claimed to be "Jew-ish."

Reports of Santos' questionable efforts to boost his GoFundMe fundraising came as a military veteran accused him of taking $3,000 worth of GoFundMe funds meant for his dying dog.

Speaking to the local news outlet Patch, Rich Osthoff said that his dog Sapphire was dying from a stomach tumor and that Santos offered to help, starting a GoFundMe page for him in May 2016.

But Osthoff told Patch that after the money was raised, Santos closed the fundraising page and ghosted him.

Santos pushed back on Osthoff's accusation. "Fake," he told the news outlet Semafor in a text message. "No clue who this is."

The New York Times reported last month that while Santos claimed to have founded Friends of Pets United in 2013, there appeared to be no records of it having been registered as a legitimate charity.

Santos has admitted to fabricating parts of his life story, including his university education and elements of his employment history. He has refused to resign.

Santos did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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I figured out who George Santos looks like, the annoying mayor from Lazytown

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[George] Santos has used various aliases, including "Anthony Zabrovsky" and "Anthony Devolder". A 2011 Wikipedia userpage created under the latter name claims that the account holder had acted in Hannah Montana and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

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george santos lies, crimes, and general malarkey masterpost

as of january 21, 2023

his full name is george anthony devolder santos. he's gone by just about every version of that. as well as his drag name, kitara ravache.

claimed he went to horace mann high school (he didn't) nyu and baruch college (he didn't go to college) where he was a star volleyball player and had to get a double knee replacement (he wasn't and he didn't)

said he’d worked for goldman sachs and citigroup, who both had no record of him working there

one accurate part of his resume was harbor city capital, a ponzi scheme shut down by the sec shortly after he left

pretended to run an animal charity called friends of pets united

scammed a disabled homeless veteran out of money for his dying dog

used surname zabrovsky while doing so because “the jews will give more if you’re a jew”

claimed his mother died in 2016 and on 9/11. later ‘clarified’ she was in one of the twin towers, survived, then died in 2016 from cancer caused by ash cloud. immigration records indicate she was in brazil in 2001

identified as a ‘proud american jew’ despite being catholic. later said he never claimed to be jewish, he said he was ‘jew-ish’

said his grandparents were ukrainian holocaust survivors (they were catholics who lived in brazil their entire lives)

claimed to be half-black

claimed he had a brain tumor and was one of the first people in america to get covid

pretended he'd been mugged

said he he lost employees in the pulse nightclub shooting (he didn’t)

mysteriously went from a net worth of $5,000 in 2020 to $11 million in 2022

campaign worker posed as kevin mccarthy chief of staff to fraudulently solicit donations and was paid $100k to do so

stole donors’ credit cards and went to town with unauthorized charges

under investigation by brazilian authorities for using stolen checks

wore a stolen scarf to the stop the steal ralley, according to his former roommate

claimed he was on an episode of hannah montana

said he stopped being invited to the met gala because he was a conservative

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

In Brazilian Media, Even More Reports of George Santos’ Lies

He even used different names on dating apps.

n 2008, Bruno Simões was working as a clerk at a store called The Salt in Niterói, a city that neighbors Rio de Janeiro. One day, a 20-year-old George Santos walked in. Simões watched as Santos picked out several pieces of clothing and shoes. His total added up to $1,313—”a lot of money at the time,” Simões told me. Enough that Santos used two checks to pay for his purchase.

The clerk grew suspicious. Later, when Simões tried to verify the address listed on the checks, it didn’t match the name. A couple of days after, another man came to the store to exchange a gift from his boyfriend, a pair of sneakers Simões recognized as the ones Santos bought. That’s when Simões realized he had been scammed. “It was a gut feeling,” Simões said. “He was too nice to be true”; he was “friendly and smiling,” Simões said of Santos, “like every embezzler.” 

The son of Brazilian immigrants, Santos is now famous for his lies. Last November, he was elected as a Republican representative for New York. But, soon after, the New York Times published an exposé revealing the newcomer essentially manufactured his resumé and biography, lying about attending an elite private school, working on Wall Street, and having lost employees at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub shooting. He is also not Jewish, only “Jew-ish.” Santos is facing calls to resign from voters and from Long Island Republicans but has so far refused to do so. 

Santos’ election also caught the attention of Brazilian authorities, who had paused the fraud investigation after losing track of his whereabouts for years. In early January, Rio de Janeiro prosecutors announced they were re-opening the case and would submit a request with the US Department of Justice to notify Santos of the charges. 

On Sunday, a popular Brazilian late-night TV show called Fantástico aired a segment with new findings about Santos. The congressman reportedly used different names and nationalities—like Russian—on dating app profiles. He used variations of his name, too, including George Devolder, Anthony Devolder, and Anthony Zabrovski.

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"Anthony Zabrovsky and Anthony Devolder, however, have announced they plan to run for the position…"

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Anna Paulina LunaI is the new George Santos GOP hero George Santos has many aliases: Kitara Ravache, Anthony Devolder, Anthony Zabrovsky. Could it be that he is also posing as a freshman GOP representative from Florida going by the name of Anna Paulina LunaI? Today's Washington Post investigates the shapeshifting MAGA congresswoman from Florida who appears to share Santos' affinity for lies and aliases. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/02/10/anna-paulina-lunai-is-the-new-george-santos.html

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George Santos Liked Using a Fake Jewish Name on GoFundMe Because “The Jews Will Give More”#George #Santos #Fake #Jewish #GoFundMe #Jews #Give

George Santos used to go by a Jewish last name to better scam donors to his made-up animal charity, according to a former acquaintance. Gregory Morey-Parker, who said he and the New York representative were roommates for a few months, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Tuesday that Santos had gone by Anthony Zabrovsky at the time. “He would say, ‘Oh, well, the Jews will give more if you’re a Jew.’ And so…

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Business Insider: Santos used fake Jewish name on GoFundMe to get donations: ex-roommate

Business Insider: Santos used fake Jewish name on GoFundMe to get donations: ex-roommate.

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George Santos Was a Brazilian Drag Queen Named 'Kitara Ravache': Report

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[biglisbonnews]

Mitt Romney to George Santos last night: "You shouldn't be here" Before President Biden began his State of the Union address last night, cameras zoomed in on what looked like a heated exchange between Sen. Mitt Romney (R–UT) and Rep. George (Anthony Devolder Kitara Ravache Zabrovsky) Santos (R–NY). Well, heated on Romney's part, while Santos reacted with a sociopathic smirk (see video, posted by JM Rieger, below). — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/02/08/mitt-romney-to-george-santos-last-night-you-shouldnt-be-here.html