SantaCon Founder Charged With Fraud Tied to NYC Bar Crawl
People dressed as Santa Claus during the annual SantaCon event at the South Street Seaport in New York City.
Photographer: Allison Joyce/Getty ImagesSantaCon may have been a con.
Stefan Pildes, the founder and organizer of New York’s annual Christmas-themed bar crawl, was arrested Wednesday on charges that he stole more than half of the $2.7 million SantaCon raised since 2019, despite reassuring participants and business owners that it was all for charity.