Bannon and his associates launched a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of contributors to a border wall crowdfunding campaign, the federal indictment alleges.
Political strategist Steve Bannon was charged with criminal fraud Thursday by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and arrested for his role in a crowdfunding campaign to fund President Donald Trump's proposed border wall dividing the U.S. and Mexico.
"While repeatedly assuring donors that Brian Kolfage, the founder and public face of We Build the Wall, would not be paid a cent, the defendants secretly schemed to pass hundreds of thousands of dollars to Kolfage, which he used to fund his lavish lifestyle," Strauss said. Bannon was indicted along with three associates: Timothy Shea, the Trump administration's acting administrator of Drug Enforcement Administration, who took over the post in May; Brian Kolfage, an Iraq War veteran; and Andrew Badolato.
In a press release, the SDNY alleged that, starting in December 2018, Bannon and his associates launched a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of contributors, including donors within the SDNY's jurisdiction. The scheme involved the crowdfunding campaign"We Build the Wall," which took in more than $25 million in donations.
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