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#GoFundMe campaign for homeless man 'predicated on a lie,' prosecutor says


Updated November 16, 2018 ● 655 views
#GoFundMe campaign for homeless man 'predicated on a lie,' prosecutor says
via cnn.com

A New Jersey couple and a homeless man have been accused of making up a feel-good story that raised more than $400,000 through GoFundMe. The couple, Kate McClure and Mark D'Amico, and the man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., face charges of second-degree theft by deception and conspiracy to commit theft by deception, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said Thursday.

via cnn.com

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GREED

The sad thing is, if they wasn't greedy and would have split money equally... they would have gotten away with it. This is the reason I will never give to GoFundMe aka The New Welfare.

Ronn · 5 years ago
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If the money was split as originally agreed upon, they would never have been caught.

But actually this is no worse than giving to United Way, Red Cross...etc. who in turn pay their executives enormous salaries.

JJfad · 5 years ago
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This is why you don't give money to beggars on the internet.

amy21 · 5 years ago
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