Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) will be sworn into office Tuesday while under investigation by federal and local-level officials related to false claims that he made while on the campaign trail.

The New York Times reported over the weekend that law enforcement officials in Brazil “intend to revive fraud charges” against Santos stemming from an incident in 2008 that involved a checkbook that was allegedly stolen.

The case was suspended because law enforcement was not able to find him, the report said. Brazilian prosecutors will now make a formal request to the Department of Justice to notify Santos of the charges.

The alleged incident happened when Santos, then 19, entered a small clothing store and spent $700 using a stolen checkbook and a false name, the report said. He allegedly admitted to the fraud on a Brazilian social media website the following year.

He and his mother allegedly admitted to police in 2010 that he stole the checkbook to make fraudulent purchases, the report said. The following year the charge against Santos was approved, but he had already left the country and was living in the U.S.

The report added that at this point in the case, neither U.S. nor Brazilian officials can get Santos to respond, however, that could change if the case moves forward. If convicted, Santos could face up to half a decade in prison.

Santos has already admitted that he fibbed about the claim that he worked for financial titans Goldman Sachs and Citigroup; he also admitted that he did not graduate from college. Furthermore, Santos admitted that he embellished some of the details of his personal life, his religion, and his sexuality. However, he said that these controversies would not detract from his duties.

“I am not a criminal,” Santos claimed. “This will not deter me from having good legislative success. I will be effective. I will be good.”

Local prosecutors on Long Island announced late last month that they opened an investigation into Santos following the scandal.

“The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothing short of stunning,” said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly.

“The residents of Nassau County and other parts of the third district must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress,” she added. “No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.”

The day after local prosecutors announced the investigation into Santos, federal prosecutors in New York indicated that they have also opened a criminal investigation into the 34-year-old.

A woman working at a Dollar Tree in Ohio was brutally murdered by a man with a machete on New Year’s Day.

Chronicles Magazine Senior Writer Pedro Gonzalez, who lives near where the murder took place, shared the story on Twitter Monday. He also shared a GoFundMe for the family’s funerary expenses. According to local news reports, the man allegedly walked into the store and slashed the woman to death, before turning himself in to police.

“On New Year’s Day, Bethel Bekele entered a Dollar Tree with a machete, approached Keris Riebel while she was working, and hacked her to death,” Gonzalez wrote on Twitter. “Police don’t have a motive and, for some odd reason, this isn’t a national story.”

“Riebel, 22, was just married, which is why pretty all public pictures of her are proposal/wedding related,” he added in a tweet that linked to her family’s GoFundMe. As of the publication of this piece, the fundraiser has taken in more than $38,000, surpassing the $30,000 goal.

Lucas added some details to the story in an interview with local news outlet ABC 6. According to Lucas, the suspect, “Bekele entered the store with the machete, approached Riebel, and struck her numerous times with the machete.” He said that other people were in the store at the time. Bekele then drove to the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies there approached him, and he surrendered to them.

The suspect has no apparent criminal history, and police are still investigating the connection between him and the victim. It is unclear what the motive was.

The machete attack in Ohio came just a day after three New York City police officers were attacked by a man wielding a machete.

The attack happened at West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue outside the security screening zone Saturday at roughly 10:11 p.m., NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said during a news conference, noting that she was sharing preliminary information.

The suspect, identified as a 19-year-old man, approached one officer from behind “unprovoked” and attempted to strike him over the head with a machete, Sewell said. The suspect then allegedly struck two other officers in the head with the weapon.

One of the officers shot the suspect in the shoulder, Sewell said.

All three officers were taken to a hospital and are in stable condition. The suspect was also taken to the hospital for treatment. The NYPD shared a photo of the weapon allegedly used in the attack on social media.

One officer, identified as an eight-year veteran, sustained a laceration to the head. Another officer, who graduated from the police academy on Friday, suffered a skull fracture and large laceration, Sewell said.

Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.