Stefan Pildes is accused of funneling more than $1 million of charity money into personal expenses Each December, New York City is overrun with SantaCon attendees for one day. The event finds more than 20,000 people participating in an annual bar crawl throughout the city while dressed in their best holiday attire, tackiest Santa Claus costumes, and ugliest Christmas swears. It may be an annoyance to some residents, but it’s for a good cause. A portion of proceeds for the ticketed event are donated to charity organizations — at least, they’re supposed to be. On Wednesday, April 15, SantaCon organizer and president Stefan Pildes was charged with one count of wire fraud. Pildes, 50, is accused of funneling more than $1 million into personal expenses from the $2.7 million raised for charity through SantaCon between 2019 and 2024.…