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Woman gets 3 years in bogus fundraiser for homeless Marine veteran
Authorities began investigating after homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt Jr. sued the couple, accusing them of not giving him the money.
Homeless Marine veteran gets probation in GoFundMe scam
A homeless Marine veteran was sentenced to five years’ probation Friday after admitting last month that he conspired with a couple to scam the public out of $400,000 in donations by concocting a feel-good story about him helping a motorist in distress.
By David Porter, The Associated Press
Homeless Marine veteran, woman in $400,000 GoFundMe scam plead guilty in federal court
Johnny Bobbitt Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By Shawn Snow
GoFundMe to refund $20 million raised by Purple Heart Air Force veteran for Trump’s border wall
A GoFundMe campaign to raise $1 billion for President Donald Trump’s wall on the southern U.S. border must refund the more than $20 million it has raised so far, after the campaign changed the way it intends to use the donations.
By Kyle Rempfer
Homeless Marine veteran in $400,000 GoFundMe scam arrested after missing court
Johnny Bobbitt was due in a New Jersey court Tuesday.
GoFundMe says donors in homeless Marine veteran alleged scam refunded
Burlington County prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint that the feel-good story about Bobbitt giving McClure his last $20 when her car ran out of gas was concocted.
Triple-amputee veteran’s GoFundMe to pay for Trump’s border wall has raised over $5 million in 3 days
Donations continue pouring in for a fundraiser that has gone viral.
By Jon Simkins
Woman in alleged homeless Marine veteran scam duped by boyfriend, says attorney
A woman charged with scamming GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 with a fake story about a homeless veteran was duped by her former boyfriend and genuinely thought she was helping the man, her attorney said Monday.
Was a $400,000 GoFundMe for a Good Samaritan homeless Marine vet a giant scam?
The three have been charged with conspiracy and theft by deception.
By Shawn Snow