Posted on 04/08/2022 12:11:07 PM PDT by Signalman
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.
“The parties are in the process of formalising their agreements and will submit executed copies thereof to the Court as soon as possible,” said assistant US Attorney Nicolas Roos wrote in a one-page filing on 25 March.
“In light of these developments, the parties jointly request that the Court adjourn sine die the parties’ pretrial filing deadlines presently set for March 28, 2022, and April 4, 2022, and schedule change of plea hearings for both defendants — during the week of March 28, 2022 for Shea and during the week of April 11, 2022 for Kolfage,” prosecutors wrote.
“Kolfage and Shea both request, without objection from the government, that the change of plea hearings be held remotely.”
Both men face up to 40 years in prison for the charges, with Mr Kolfage also indicted in Florida on claims he filed false tax returns in the state in 2020. He has pleaded not guilty.
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I wonder if they want Bannon and they got Kolfage to flip
What happened to Bannon’s charges?
Steve Bannon was pardoned by Pres. Trump
I feel sorry for the other two. Bannon gets most of the money, but they get the jail time.
Bannon’s case was dismissed based on Trump pardoning him.
How much did the BLM people skim off?
So what about BLM buying a 6 million house???
I remember assisting Mr. Kolfage. No, I do not trust Yahoo sites. Why not just return the money? Everyone wants a wall built at the border.
Agree...Money crimes should have money penalties.
Thinking the same thing. Bannon is such a prized trophy for the left that anything is possible.
I sent him some money.
He took 350K from 25M?
He shouldn’t have done that but I forgive him.
He built a section of wall where offialdom said it couldn’t be done.
That’s his real “crime”.
This is all BS
The people who complained about the money Brian got were plants
Most people who contributed (like me) could have cared less and told Kolfage to take a salary, not do it for free
He worked his ass off to build the section of wall that they did, against Mexican thug opposition in New Mexico
The only people who wanted to stop him were the very people who are supposed to be defending the border - the Feds
Tells you all you need to know about the real priority of the “federal government”
I don’t think we should permit the feds to crowd Brian into a fraud plea. I donated money, I read the transcripts and saw the videos, and I’ve got no problems with his conduct. Bannon played it fast and loose but even he contributed his fair share.
But 6 million isn’t that much for a house LA. It’s just a shanty used for a BLM meeting place, so they are saying.
They do want Bannon... he has the partnership with Chinese billionaire Who Wengui (Miles Kwok) and Guo supposedly had advance knowledge of Hunter Biden’s laptop contents...
I wonder if Nicholas Roos is any relation to Obama’s ambassador to Japan, John Roos?
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