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 …
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 …
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 …
