(CNN) Prosecutors in Brazil agreed to a deal with Rep. George Santos in a case in which he was accused of defrauding a Rio de Janeiro-area clerk out of $1,300 in clothes and shoes in 2008, documents obtained by CNN show.
A petition from Santos’ lawyer seeking the settlement says Santos will agree to formally admit to the crime and pay restitution to the victim, a clerk in the Rio de Janeiro area, as required under Brazilian law.
A memo from prosecutors agreeing to the plea deal last week asked the defense for assurances that they have the ability to contact the victim to pay him before the deal closes.
The petition from Santos’ attorney, filed in January, requests a non-prosecutorial agreement in lieu of a trial for his client, arguing that Santos has now gotten a job and “re-socialized.” The petition also requested permission for Santos to be contacted by the court via email or phone, and to participate in proceedings via videoconference.
Agreements can be reached in non-violent cases where the minimum sentencing is less than four years.
Santos did not comment when asked about this reporting on Capitol Hill by CNN’s Manu Raju. CNN has contacted lawyers for Santos in Brazil and the United States.
In 2010, Santos told the police that he wrote bad check from a stolen checkbook belonging to an old man his mother takes care of to buy things.
Santos said the New York Post in December he has not been charged with any crime in Brazil. “I’m not a criminal here — not here or in Brazil or any jurisdiction in the world. Absolutely not. That never happened,” he said at the time.
After Santos left for the United States, Brazilian authorities could not find an address that would deliver him the papers that would make him appear in court, which eventually led to the case being archived, until it could be reopened. in January.
Prosecutors could not comment further, as the case is under a gag order.
This story has been updated with additional details.
