Matt Gaetz swindled by ‘malicious actors’ in $155K boat sale boondoggle

Rep. Matt Gaetz says he was swindled out of cash by “malicious actors” after wiring them money as part of a $155,000 boat purchase.

The 41-foot vessel named Ol’ Pappy was actually paid for by Gaetz fiancé Ginger Luckey, a sister of tech mogul Palmer Luckey. Reps for the Florida GOP congressman did not immediately respond to request for comment, but told local WFLA that the couple had been a victim of “first domestic and now foreign” scammers and that “federal law enforcement is both aware of and actively pursuing.”