Hector Medina, 40, will serve a year and a half in prison over his failed effort to dupe disgraced ex-congressman George Santos out of nearly $1 million.

Hector Medina pleaded guilty to attempting to extract money from high-profile criminal defendants by promising them he could get their charges dropped.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas man was sentenced to a year and ... including the actor Danny Masterson, but convinced no one. Medina's attorney, Joseph Veith, said he was seeking to pay off gambling ...

A Brooklyn judge cut a Texas scammer a break, giving the man 18 months for trying to defraud George Santos — and blasted the former congressman’s “cowardice” for not showing up in person Wednesday to give a victim statement.