Veteran who tried to crowdfund $25m private border wall will plead guilty to fraud

A Iraq War veteran accused of defrauding donors out of $350,000 (£268,747) in a bid to build a southern border wall has now agreed to plead guilty, according to a court filing.

Brian Kolfage, of Miramar, Florida, was indicated in August 2020 alongside former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon for allegedly scraping off the top of millions they raised to privately build the border wall.

Of the $25m (£19m) in GoFundMe donations, Mr Kolfage allegedly took $350,000 and Mr Bannon took $1m, prosecutors said. Both were charged with conspiracy to commit fraud with a third person, Timothy Shea.

As Law&Crime reported last week, Mr Kolfage and Mr Shea agreed “in principle” to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in connection to the allegations.