{"id":42325,"date":"2026-04-15T15:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/15\/santacon-organizer-charged-in-wire-fraud-scheme-targeting-attendees-and-host-venues-department-of-justice-gov\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:33:46","slug":"santacon-organizer-charged-in-wire-fraud-scheme-targeting-attendees-and-host-venues-department-of-justice-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/15\/santacon-organizer-charged-in-wire-fraud-scheme-targeting-attendees-and-host-venues-department-of-justice-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"SantaCon Organizer Charged In Wire Fraud Scheme Targeting Attendees And Host Venues &#8211; Department of Justice (.gov)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNR2d4MTlJMG1iZERRUTdCcDRCbHQwVjFrZFVzbTllVmJ5VWZBYmhfbW1ZLXU4UW50MmNYWXJ2eEFOT1kzVnNDenp5RFJza3Y3TDhWTzBTbFpXalB5UEFUMVpZcTBqcFRQZ2doYlVqd2lOcy03dmx4S0hLazcxclBJbG9iSmdYMVJadE5sRzUta1lHVTFFdGxUbUp0bjZ0UzdOM0FYcGtLZnNTXzVEdEdKdDRvMEFPYXJr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">SantaCon Organizer Charged In Wire Fraud Scheme Targeting Attendees And Host Venues<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Department of Justice (.gov)<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE1lN1ZFdEF4ZjhMRlcxVUFwNlBnT1hVSWlPT1p4UktsMWJqbmdST3VQcDVzalowcDdzanNROEVobkNkR1dCcm15TE9xZlNZT1JCcjdFNlV0aE9xeDBnMWVDNzRWVWE0alFZeFFBVVVPRHk1SV9KQktKdUQzRVjSAYIBQVVfeXFMUEhHRWMyNGRsX29iNFN4bjJ3eE10LVVDZTdZX2dzQkRXMDA0RWQ4M0xVZ0FMUGJvRHRVMjhxMGJpdkt0YnhOYTZYTzN2WEtPZnZUR3paMklrT2NKY19jSUg5cEZNeWdNbGR1VW1WbG1oXzVLSmlFVjRhUV9UdWhzQ0RLUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">SantaCon promoter arrested for charity fraud, New York federal prosecutors say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOQm5fMDNWR25Yd3J0cDJDamNtdHhsVjJtWDZva1A2cGlHMEJ2MklnNHY3OU9pU3E4VGVWMmo3R1duaDk2WXBTQkZXaWNCVndUU2JwcF9rZ0pkV1ZuOHphazlEVFBaWExRZEFzRU9BRFJSMHpYakw2a1hfby1GTEhJcUowZGZnd3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">SantaCon organizer is a grinch who stole $1 million, Justice Department alleges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNMWJKM3BJcTJPcVJfc2hheF9OYTZrcE9LcWtBV2l5VEdPekJDYjM0TzFYS0RURnpMOFpTODlidzl6ZkpmaDNnSjNxM1UxMGtyZE9NTXhpOHpPVHJwUFlBUTFJcUZpNXVtZHk3dVVZb1luYmNQVzFsdlBBU1QxRHhVckNoMjg1QmprZmp5SzZabzZFQTVNY3FmcmZGQ0dXZXIyRDRwOGZ3cw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;SantaCon&#8217; organizer accused of pocketing more then $1 million earmarked to charities<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxNUzNRaml0Yk80R1ctVXF3a2lnM1FtdldZaEFGZzRWMWtOVE9Va3Z4d1oxX0VudmRLVEtieUNiTUxxY3hJRFAyUDhjRmdOUGt3TWNjUVVqUmhleGpIZTZYMEFjUkluY3pHVmNhYnNieVZfbmhCM01PRzZXbWFTbEw4REdjcWhsR1UxRTZydlJoWDl1ZXFsYl9yM1ZnTGctR0ItY1h6S29FRlZ0cUtZXzN0ODVKb09ENjc1UUkySXh0YUY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">SantaCon leader accused of stealing money from NYC Christmas bar crawl<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">USA Today<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SantaCon Organizer Charged In Wire Fraud Scheme Targeting Attendees And Host Venues&nbsp;&nbsp;Department of Justice (.gov) SantaCon promoter arrested for charity fraud, New York federal prosecutors&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/15\/santacon-organizer-charged-in-wire-fraud-scheme-targeting-attendees-and-host-venues-department-of-justice-gov\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}