A woman who lied about helping a homeless veteran to fraudulently fundraise more than $400,000 will spend the next few years in prison, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. On Friday, a New Jersey judge sentenced 32-year-old Katelyn McClure to three years in state prison for her role in the con, which garnered national attention. McClure was …
The husband of California woman Sherri Papini has been accused of using charity money sent in by donors for his own personal use, even though the funds were meant to help find his wife. Last week, Sherri Papin was arrested for allegedly staging her own 2016 kidnapping. Papini’s husband, Keith, who had access to GoFundMe …
A man pleaded guilty to federal charges on Monday in New Jersey for his role in his then-girlfriend and a homeless man’s feel-good holiday story that garnered $400,000 on GoFundMe before it was exposed as a scam. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced that Mark D’Amico, 42, pleaded guilty to …
The Washington County Sheriff’s office has opened an investigation into the 12-day disappearance of Holly Suzanne Courtier in Zion National Park. Courtier, 38, was found alive in the Utah national park on October 18, 12 days after she had last been seen on a private shuttle bus arriving to a parking lot near trailheads. Since …
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A woman accused of conspiring with her boyfriend and a homeless man in a GoFundMe scam last year has been suspended from her state job as authorities continue to investigate the alleged scheme. New York Post reports that a spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Transportation confirmed that 28-year-old Kate McClure has been suspended from …
Additional texts between a woman accused of conspiring with her boyfriend and a homeless man in a GoFundMe scam last year suggests that although authorities were investigating the incident, she planned to keep the money as long as possible. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 28-year-old Kate McClure was arrested earlier this month, along with former boyfriend Mark …
New details continue to emerge in the case of a homeless man and a couple accused of scamming thousands of people out of $400,000 via a GoFundMe scam. NBC Philadelphia reports that 28-year-old Kate McClure allegedly sent a text message to a friend within hours of creating a reported fraudulent GoFundMe scam last year. McClure, along …
Three people accused of conspiring together and swindling thousands of people out of money via a GoFundMe scam have been arrested, but a New Jersey prosecutor says this is not the first time one of the suspects, homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt, has claimed he helped someone with his last bit of cash. “In 2012, Johnny …
Homeless man Johnny Bobbitt, who sued a New Jersey couple earlier this year and accused them of spending GoFundMe money meant for him, apparently conspired with the pair to run a scam on the unsuspecting public. NBC reports that Bobbitt, along with couple Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico, are accused of making up a story about …
A New Jersey company under investigation for allegedly taking the majority of $400,000 worth of donation money meant for homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt Jr. will likely face indictment, their lawyer says. CBS News reports that Ernest Badway, the attorney who represented Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico, stated in a letter on Thursday that not only will …
A New Jersey couple who started a GoFundMe campaign for a homeless veteran last year, which raised $400,00, apparently began spending the money immediately, according to the veteran’s lawyer. New York Post reports Jacqueline Promislo, a Philadelphia-based lawyer representing Johnny Bobbitt Jr., said that Kate McClure, a Bordertown woman Bobbit spent his last bit of …
GoFundMe announced Thursday that the homeless veteran who accused a couple of spending nearly $400,000 in donation money meant for him will get the entire amount of funds that he personally didn’t spend back, as part of the “GoFundMe Guarantee.” NBC reports that a spokesperson for GoFundMe stated that Bobbitt will get his entire $400,000 even …
