Steve Bannon, former Trump adviser, arrested for fraud

Bannon and three others arrested for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in online fundraising campaign for border wall.Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested on Thursday on charges that he and three others illicitly took money from donors in an online fundraising scheme "We Build The Wall".The charges were contained in an indictment (PDF) unsealed in Manhattan federal court.Federal prosecutors alleged that Bannon and three others "orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors" in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign that claims to have raised more than $25m to build a wall along the southern border of the United States.As a top adviser to US President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign who later served as White House chief strategist, Bannon helped articulate the right-wing populism and fierce opposition to immigration that have helped define Trump's three and a half years in office.