While in prison, according to news reports, Santos changed his ways. He supposedly converted to Chasidic Judaism, although sceptics are doubtful the conversion was authentic. His lawyer, Zakir Tamir, has not answered media queries.
According to the charges against him, once out of prison, Santos - by now "Rabbi Gross" - passed himself off as a member of an imaginary New York child abuse task force for the Chasidic community, and then as a policeman.
Santos allegedly even placed lights and a siren on his car and used them to pull over a bus for what he considered dangerous driving.
