***This story was broken right here, by me. All documents, screencaps, references, etc exist ONLY because I salvaged them and saved them for years, conducting more extensive research to corroborate everything you read here today. If it was not for me…and literally ONLY me…Nobody would have ever known that Brian Kolfage robbed 10’s of thousands of dollars from a wounded veteran charity. YOU ARE WELCOME 🙂 ****

On December 16th, 2018, Brian Kolfage launched a marketing scheme to promote his brand, disguising it as a crowdfunding campaign. In coordination with his allies and business associates within the online right wing website and social media communities he had been working with since 2013, it was guaranteed immediate attention by astro-turfing its support.

The unsuspecting public was introduced to Brian Kolfage for the first time. His blank stare and contorted reptilian grin was unsettling to most, and he did not perform well as he babbled incoherently like a moronic waterhead insisting “The Wall” was “in the constitution”:

He reminds us repeatedly he is a disabled veteran, because he thinks these are credentials that grant him a position of authority, and his views the higher consideration. But the views he espouses on his GoFundMe campaign are absurd, delusional, and absolutely idiotic.

First, he tries to gain our trust by claiming government can accept the money he raises, because one time a citizen helped cover the costs of the Washington Monument restoration. The difference is the restoration was fully financed and completed. Brian’s crowdfund doesn’t even cover 1% of the cost of a border wall that will not be financed by the incoming congress, and was not financed by the majority republican congress for the past 2 years.



President Trumps “main campaign promise” was not building the wall, and even during Trumps campaign, support for a border wall was in the low 30%, and currently 59% of Americans are opposed to it. But Brian conveniently leaves out Trumps ACTUAL campaign promise was that Mexico would pay for the wall…not the taxpayers…and not GoFundMe.

Next, Brian blames Democrats for Trumps failure to deliver on a promise, despite the fact Republicans controlled all three branches of government for the past 2 years. Last week, ALL 100 senators agreed on a spending bill to avoid a shutdown, but Brian conveniently leaves this out.



Democrats hate border security. Never mind President Obama was called the “Deporter and Chief,” still holding the title as champion.

But you can’t expect Brian Kolfage to ever give any credit to that “half-breed kenyan muslim” Obama.

Brian Kolfages ineptitude and ignorance was obscene, but that wouldn’t get in the way. He and the right-wing blogosphere called in some help from overseas to help spike the campaign.

So, have I gotten your Spidey Senses tingling? They should be. Because Brian Kolfage is a con artist, and he has stolen 10’s of thousands of dollars in the past from charities and crowdfunding campaigns, and I can prove it.

In 2014, Brian Kolfage began operating multiple campaigns to secure funds he claimed he needed for “legal fees” to go after “liberals who threatened the life of my wife and daughter.”

He raised at least $2,000 from one of these campaigns. He never provided any evidence of any threats to himself or his family. He just insisted they were happening and he needed money to stop it. Normally, a person would go to the police over such matters.

So I contacted his police department, the Pima County Sheriffs Department. They informed me that no such reports or complaints ever existed. Brian had made several claims on his Facebook page throughout 2013 and 2014 that he had filed multiple restraining orders on various persons, and was in “Constant contact” with the FBI and local police, but it turned out these were ALL LIES.

And the one report that did exist, regarding a man named Kevin Holcomb, was determined by police to not be a threat or illegal in any nature.

Brian Kolfage had exploited his own dedicated following, abused their trust, and ripped them the fuck off. Again. And Again. And Again. He also showed sociopathic behavior and a total absence of remorse as he lied, and lied, and lied maliciously and recklessly about innocent people.

But the most egregious, most disgusting, most inconceivable scam he had ever pulled was when he raided his OWN CHARITY FOR DISABLED VETERANS, STEALING OVER $16,000 !!!

I’ll break it down for you.

1.) Brian Kolfage started a GoFundMe campaign in 2013 to raise money for what he claimed was his own non-profit, the Wounded Warrior Mentoring Engagement Program. He never filed for any 501c3 status and this alleged non-profit did not exist in any legal or recognized status.

2.) He claimed it was necessary and essential, because President Obama “slashed funding” for the Wounded Warrior Mentoring Program, insinuating it was no longer functional, or capable of receiving funds and volunteers. This was a lie. President Obama never slashed any funding, and the WWMP was still active and receiving funds.



3.) Brian Kolfage claimed that no other charity could get access to specific medical facilities for recovering service members except him. This was a lie, and the very charities he claimed were incapable of doing so openly advertised these specific locations.

4.) In January of 2014, GoFundMe showed that Kolfage’s campaign had finished the 2013 year with over $11,000 raised.

5.) An alternate Facebook page assisted with a calendar sale, raising another $4,000 for Brian.

6.) I was suspicious all along, and questioned his charity, asking why he had not bothered registering it as a non-profit for over a year, asking if he would make receipts and costs available to the public, asking when was the last time he visited any military hospitals and when he intended to in the future, etc. My criticisms and those of others were met with open and belligerent hostility.

7.) So I decided the best way to monitor his charity was to donate to it. If his GoFundMe campaign was shutdown, I’d be refunded. If he posted progress or updates, I’d receive them.

8.) Neither occurred. Around the early summer of 2014, Brian Kolfage began deleting old posts promoting his charity. His GoFundMe abruptly led to a broken link. He never mentioned it again.

9.) I called the Public Affairs Officer at Walter Reed hospital, Sandy Dean, in 2015. I spoke with the Deputy Public Affairs Officer, Mark Oswell, and asked when was the last time Brian Kolfage visited the hospital on a mentoring engagement. He was confused. “Who?” He stated he had no idea who or what I was talking about.

10.) In conclusion, Brian Kolfage never disclosed what he did with the money. He did however lose a defamation lawsuit he had filed that resulted in his own lawyer dropping him, and it being thrown out of court. Legal fees can be expensive.

Brian Kolfage reminds us constantly that he is a disabled veteran, because it is his shield. It protects him from being held to the same standards as everyone else, and he has the expectation of special treatment and entitlement for it. But at the end of the day, Brian Kolfage is a criminal, a fraud, a sociopath, and a self serving delusional narcissist that steals from other disabled veterans and combat wounded service members.



***UPDATE*** As of December 25th, 2018:

Mercury News is now reporting that Brian Kolfage had been directing people to send him checks to an address of a UPS store in a state he does not live in, Colorado. He claims that “business associates” would pick up the checks.

He declined multiple times to name these “business associates”, stating it is irrelevant and that they “have nothing to do with this, they’re just helping me.”



He proceeds to once again use his disabled status as some kind of excuse for being held to the same standards as everyone else. This bizarre practice and his withholding information and details is sparking interest from fraud experts.

SHADY. STRANGE. We lose accountability of the cash through this process, and Kolfage’s continued lack of transparency in all of his crowdfunding campaigns and money raising ventures should cause everyone serious concern. Brian Kolfage has also refused to acknowledge or respond to questions regarding his past fund raisers since they have been made public. He nor his associates will even deny the allegations.

Since I broke this story, I have been contacted by Buzzfeed, Daily Caller, and NBC. Buzzfeed took my initial investigation of the “Mentoring Engagement” scam even further.