“I conspired with individuals including Andrew Badolato to commit securities fraud and commercial bribery,” said Jonathan Curshen, a man related to the crimes, in a New York court.
Timothy Shea is the Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Previously, he served as the interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. and was a senior advisor to U.S. Attorney General William Barr.
“This case should serve as a warning to other fraudsters that no one is above the law, not even a disabled war veteran or a millionaire political strategist,” said Inspector-in-Charge Philip R. Bartlett.
Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said in a statement that the campaign promised hundreds of thousands of donors that money would be spent on construction of Trump’s southern border wall, reassuring the public that Kolfage would not be compensated for his work on the campaign.
Strauss, with the help of the United States Postal Inspection Service, discovered that Kolfage did use donations to fund a “lavish lifestyle”.