Johnny Bobbitt, the homeless man accused of conspiring with a couple in a GoFundMe scam that raked in nearly half a million dollars, was reportedly rearrested Wednesday in Philadelphia for failing to appear in a New Jersey Court. According to the New York Daily News, a warrant was issued for Bobbitt, 35, Tuesday after didn’t …
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 …
Despite recent incriminating text messages, reportedly sent by Kate McClure, the centerpiece of a GoFundMe scam that pulled in $400,000, a New Jersey lawyer says that secret recordings show that McClure tricked into participating in the alleged fraudulent scheme. New York Post reports that McClure’s lawyers released secretly-recorded but unverified recordings to “Good Morning America” …
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 …
The New Jersey man accused of spending away homeless man Johnny Bobbitt’s $400,000 GoFundMe donation was reportedly arrested Monday night for an unpaid traffic ticket. WCAU reported that Mark D’Amico, 39, was taken into custody in Burlington County in connection with an October 2017 traffic stop during which he was found to driving with a …
Police in New Jersey have executed a search warrant at the home of the couple accused of spending $400,000 in GoFundMe donations intended for a homeless man who used his last $20 to get gas for the stranded woman. According to the Burlington County Times, police and detectives searched Kate McClure’s and Mark D’Amico’s Bordentown home …
A Philadelphia man who grabbed international headlines last year when he used his last $20 to help a stranded motorist said he’s homeless again—and the woman he helped, along with her boyfriend, and are possibly spending the $400,000 they raised on his behalf on their own indulgences. Kate McClure, 28, and boyfriend Mark D’Amico, 39, …
