The bigger thing here, I think, is that what NYT could verify was:
(1) He was a low-level finance guy, making ~55k/year, with a criminal background in Brazil
(2) He got a jr exec job at a company that turned out to be a ponzi scheme
(3) When the ponzi went bust, a bunch of the former execs started a new company. That company paid him between $750k-$5 million, depending which (contradictory) disclosure of his you believe.
(4) Shortly afterwards, he began running for Congress
Raises more Qs than answers, but seems like the type of thing where there'll be a follow-up
(1) He was a low-level finance guy, making ~55k/year, with a criminal background in Brazil (2) He got a jr exec job at a company that turned out to be a ponzi scheme (3) When the ponzi went bust, a bunch of the former execs started a new company. That company paid him between $750k-$5 million, depending which (contradictory) disclosure of his you believe. (4) Shortly afterwards, he began running for Congress
Raises more Qs than answers, but seems like the type of thing where there'll be a follow-up