SantaCon president faces criminal charges |
Costumed revelers fill Union Square for SantaCon in downtown San Francisco on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.
Love it or hate it, SantaCon has become a worldwide phenomenon. The revelrous tradition that began as a Cacophony Society project in San Francisco in 1994 has expanded across the globe. It now takes place in dozens of cities, with a particularly fervent community in New York City, which in the past decade has become the de facto ground zero for the event.
However, it appears that the charitable foundation of New York City’s SantaCon may have been fraudulent.
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On Wednesday, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York filed charges against New York City SantaCon president Stefan Pildes, alleging........