May 13, 2024
The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the conviction of a Colorado man found to have siphoned online donations meant to fund a Southern border wall, saying the fact that a federal prosecutor had mentored a juror's daughter didn't warrant vacating the conviction.
May 07, 2024
A Colorado man convicted of scheming to defraud donors to a campaign to build a southern border wall told the Second Circuit on Tuesday that his trial was tainted by a juror's family connection to the prosecution team.
July 25, 2023
A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced a Colorado businessman to over five years Tuesday for looting his corrupt "We Build the Wall" charity, which raised $20 million during Donald Trump's presidency by vowing to wall off the U.S. from Mexico.
July 14, 2023
Sentencing for a Colorado man's role in a scheme that siphoned online donations meant to fund a wall on the U.S. southern border will go on after a New York federal judge rejected Friday the man's bid for a new trial.
June 12, 2023
Federal prosecutors have informed a Manhattan federal judge about a jury instruction error in the case of a man facing sentencing for his role in a scheme to pilfer donations for a purported border wall between the U.S. and Mexico but argued the mistake shouldn't impact his punishment.
April 26, 2023
Iraq War veteran Brian Kolfage and co-defendant Andrew Badolato received prison sentences of 4¼ and three years, respectively, for pocketing donations purportedly meant to build a border wall, with a New York federal judge rejecting their pleas for leniency and saying they undermined democracy.
April 20, 2023
The U.S. government has called for a prison term of more than four years for Iraq War veteran Brian Kolfage, who admitted to profiting from a record-setting fundraiser involving former Trump administration adviser Steve Bannon to purportedly build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
April 13, 2023
An Iraq War veteran who pled guilty to siphoning online donations meant to fund a U.S. southern border wall has urged a New York federal judge to let him serve his sentence at home, saying federal prison medical facilities can't handle his medical needs.
January 04, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge has denied a bid to toss a fraud conviction for a man who schemed with two others to defraud investors who donated money to a GoFundMe page to fund a wall on the U.S. Southern border.
November 14, 2022
A Colorado man who was convicted in late October of assisting in a scheme to pocket funds purportedly raised for a wall on the southern border of the U.S. asked a federal judge to toss his wire fraud conspiracy charges Friday, saying there was no evidence his payments to a co-conspirator were premised on any action.