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Admitted in collusion: the homeless and the girl composed a sentimental story for donations

They invented a sad story about a veteran who gave the last money to help strangers. Now they face a prison sentence.

Photo: GoFundMe

Homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt and Kate McClure admitted that they you thought the sad story of the Good Samaritan, which brought them more than 400 thousands of dollars in crowdfunding. Reports about it Air force.

According to the publication, 36-year-old American military Bobbitt admitted to conspiring to launder money, and 28-year-old McClure - in fraud. The girl faces a prison sentence of 33 for a month, and a homeless person faces a sentence of six to 30 months.

The fake homeless story was published by McClure and her 39 old boyfriend D'Amico on the GoFundMe donation site for the festive season of the year 2017. The girl claimed that she decided to help Bobbitt when she ran out of gas on the highway and the homeless bought her a canister for the last 20 dollars. Then thousands of dollars were collected by 403 to help the homeless, and about 14 thousands of people from all over the world sponsored the campaign.

A few months later it turned out that the couple had not transferred the full amount to Bobbit. The couple did not deny that they did not give all the money to the homeless person. According to them, he did everything right, because otherwise he would have spent everything on drugs. Bobbit himself did not deny his dependence either.

In September 2018, the Bobbitt submitted for a couple in court, accusing McClure and D'Amico of deception. It turned out that the girl and her boyfriend spent a lot of time in the casino, greeted the new year in New York, and also bought a new BMW.

On September 6, police searched the house of McClure and her boyfriend because of "heightened public interest", and the district judge ordered a couple to appear at court hearings. 7 September 2018 of the year platform GoFundMe saidthat will reimburse the homeless for most of the 400 thousand dollars assigned by the fundraising initiators.

Later it turned out that all three participants met a month before the start of the donation campaign in one of the Burlington casinos. In November 2018, the prosecutor's office of Burlington County accused and arrested McClure, Bobbit and Mark D'Amico in theft by deception. Participants were threatened with up to ten years in prison. GoFundMe promised to reimburse those who donated the lost money.

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