{"id":128966,"date":"2022-08-10T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=128966"},"modified":"2022-08-08T22:09:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T02:09:33","slug":"update-on-off-ramp-scam-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=128966","title":{"rendered":"Update on off-ramp scam artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You probably remember the heartstring-jerking story from 2017:\u00a0 Girl named McClure’s car breaks down on exit ramp, homeless vet gives her his last $20 in gas, in gratitude she and her boyfriend set up wildly successful GoFundMe for vet which rakes in over $400,000 – until he sues the pair saying he didn’t get his share of the proceeds and it turns out the whole story was a scam.<\/p>\n

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A New Jersey\u00a0man who admitted his role in a GoFundMe scam that netted more than\u00a0$402,000 and\u00a0garnered national attention has been sentenced to five years in state prison.<\/p>\n

Mark D\u2019Amico, 43, was also ordered to make full restitution to GoFundMe in connection to the scandal…<\/p>\n

McClure admitted that she advanced the false narrative about Bobbitt, saying it was at D\u2019Amico\u2019s direction, and pleaded guilty in April 2019 to theft by deception,\u00a0a second-degree felony,\u00a0in exchange for a four-year term in state prison.<\/p>\n

She is set to be sentenced on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n

Ex-girlfriend sentenced in GoFundMe scam:<\/strong>New Jersey woman sentenced to 1 year in prison for $400K homeless vet GoFundMe scam<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n

Everything was going smoothly – cash rolled in, D’Amico and McClure were paying for vacations, a new BMW, until the lawsuit says the vet, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., was getting bupkus (well, $75,000) and was unhappy. (I find nothing linking him with John Wayne Bobbitt of Lorena Bobbitt fame… must make Johnny’s Little Johnny breathe easier.) The truth came out, accusations flew, and in the end all three admitted the story was a scam.<\/p>\n

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Johnny Bobbitt Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps<\/span> as an Ammunition<\/span> technician. [2] <\/span><\/sup><\/span>He is from Raleigh,<\/span> North Carolina<\/span>. [2] <\/span><\/sup> He had been homeless in Philadelphia for a year and a half before Kate helped him out in November<\/span> of 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Everipedia<\/a><\/div>\n

So one of ’em got 5 years, she’s going to get 4, and the former Marine is due to be sentenced later this year.\u00a0 There are both state and Federal charges in this (D’Amico also got 27 months federal time earlier) so at least a semblance of\u00a0 justice is being served. And GoFundMe voluntarily reimbursed donors.
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