Steve
Bannon has been arrested after allegations of fraud relating to an online
fundraising scheme, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. US President
Donald Trump's ex-political adviser was detained on charges of conspiracy to commit
wire fraud as part of a project to raise money to support the building of a
wall along the United States' border with Mexico.
The charges
in detail:
Bannon and
three of his associates — Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea —
were indicted by investigators in New York after federal prosecutors alleged
that the scheme garnered "more than $25 million (€21 million) to build a
wall along the southern border of the United States." The project
"orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors,"
the prosecutors added.
The
indictment alleges Bannon pocketed over $1 million, despite promising donors
that 100% of the money raised would be used to fund the construction of Trump's
much-vaunted plan. Kolfage, who founded the project, siphoned $350,000,
according to the indictment. The "We Build The Wall" website claims
it will bring people "together to build segments" of the barricade
and will do so at "a fraction of what it costs the government." The
project also states in is a "non-profit tax-exempt organization."
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