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Woman Behind $400K GoFundMe Scam About Homeless Vet Sentenced to Prison
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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 …

Woman & homeless man plead guilty to federal charges in $400K GoFundMe scam
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March 7, 2019

Woman & homeless man plead guilty to federal charges in $400K GoFundMe scam

A woman and a homeless man whose feel-good holiday story garnered $400,000 on GoFundMe before it was exposed as a scam pleaded guilty to various federal charges Wednesday in a New Jersey court. Katelyn McClure, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud while Johnny Bobbitt Jr., 36, confessed to conspiring to commit money laundering …