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

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 reportedly tried to get Santos to pay him $900,000 to get evidence against the disgraced former Republican ...

Prosecutors say Hector Medina started to send predatory messages ... to other celebrities facing criminal charges, including an actor, a musician and an athlete, prosecutors say in court filings.

Hector Medina, 40, admitted to fabricating an identity ... the scam on other high-profile criminal defendants, including the actor Danny Masterson, but convinced no one. Medina's attorney, Joseph ...