NEW YORK - The leaders of an online fundraising campaign to raise money to build the border wall have been indicted for wire fraud and money laundering.
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is among the four people who are accused of defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors.Brian Kolfage, Stephen Bannon, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea were arrested Thursday morning.
They were behind a crowdfunding campaign known as "We Build the Wall" that raised more than $25 million.According to the federal indictment, the organizers claimed that 100 percent of the funds raised would be used in helping fund the wall and it was "a volunteer organization" but that was not true.Prosecutors allege that Bannon received more than $1 million through a.