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Former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon arrested in donor fraud case

Last Updated 20 August 2020, 14:28 IST

Authorities arrested Donald Trump's former top adviser Steve Bannon on Thursday, as federal prosecutors accused him and three others of defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors fundraising for a wall on the US border with Mexico.

The online crowdfunding campaign known as "We Build the Wall" raised more than $25 million, prosecutors said, which the defendants said would be used on construction but was instead used for their own profit.

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(Published 20 August 2020, 14:28 IST)

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