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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 …
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” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
On Tuesday, a spokesperson for GoFundMe announced that the company gave homeless veteran, Johnny Bobbitt, $20,000 to assist him during the investigation of a couple who allegedly kept donation money meant for him to themselves. Nj.com reports that GoFundMe put $20,000 Bobbitt’s bank account “to provide assistance during the investigation” of Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico, a …
A New Jersey judge ordered a couple on Thursday, accused of spending money meant for a homeless man, to give the remaining funds to him. NBC reports that Katie McClure and boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, must turn over the money left over from the donations raised last year for Johnny Bobbitt, 35, a homeless man who assisted …
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, …
A homeless veteran who recently received over $378,000 in donations after giving a stranded woman his last $20 for gas money said he will return the favor and help out others in need. Marine Corps veteran Johnny Bobbitt, 34, appeared on Good Morning America on Sunday morning with the woman he assisted, Kate McClure, 27. The pair …
