The woman at the center of the $400k GoFundMe scam organized as a fundraiser for the homeless vet who gave away his last $20 to a stranded motorist, was sentenced Thursday to one year in federal prison. Katelyn McLure, 32, was also sentenced to three years of supervised parole after her release and was ordered …
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 …
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 …
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 …
