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Man sentenced to prison for defrauding US border wall supporters

Colorado businessman Timothy Shea stands outside Manhattan federal court after he was sentenced on Tuesday in New York [Larry Neumeister/AP Photo]

A court in the United States has handed down the highest sentence yet to a defendant involved in the “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign, which purported to support the construction of former President Donald Trump’s wall along the border with Mexico.

Timothy Shea, 52, of Castle Rock, Colorado, received a prison sentence on Tuesday of five years and three months for his role in what prosecutors called “a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors”.

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