Courthouse News Service
A New York federal judge sentenced Colorado businessman Tim Shea to more than five years behind bars Tuesday on convictions for his role in the We Build the Wall fundraiser, a bogus charity that cheated $25 million from private donors who thought they were funding the construction of former President Donald Trump’s border wall.
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres presided over the hearing, noting when she imposed the sentence that Shea had taken responsibility for his actions “to a certain degree.”
The Obama-appointed judge said Shea’s efforts to deceive donors and then cover up the fraud hurts everyone “by eroding the public’s faith in the political process.”
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