{"id":81412,"date":"2018-08-26T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=81412"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:43:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:43:00","slug":"homeless-veteran-claims-couple-raised-400000-for-him-but-they-are-spending-all-the-money-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=81412","title":{"rendered":"Homeless Veteran Claims couple raised $400,000 for him but they are spending all the money themselves."},"content":{"rendered":"

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They raised $400,000 for a homeless man \u2014 who claims they spent it on vacations, casinos and a BMW.<\/p>\n

She was a motorist on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia who found herself stuck on an off-ramp, scared and out of gas.<\/p>\n

He was a homeless veteran who told her to lock her doors, then spent his last $20 on that day in October to bring her a canister of fuel.<\/p>\n

Later she sought to repay the favor, first with cereal bars and warm socks and spare dollars, then with a GoFundMe campaign to raise money so the good Samaritan would not have to sleep under a bridge. Bobbitt, she told anyone who would listen, deserved a fresh start.<\/p>\n

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It seems there are all kinds of parasites and vultures after the money that was donated by well-intentioned people.<\/p>\n

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There are accusations of mismanagement and outright theft of the money raised on Bobbitt\u2019s behalf. The GoFundMe cash, Bobbitt suspected, had been squandered on vacations, a luxury car and more than one addiction. And this weekend, the threat of litigation loomed.<\/p>\n

Last fall, McClure said, the plan was to get Bobbitt a house and his dream truck, a 1999 Ford Ranger. Bobbitt also planned to donate money to people and organizations that had helped him as he struggled with homelessness.<\/p>\n

In reality, things weren\u2019t that rosy. Instead of a house, McClure and D\u2019Amico got Bobbitt a camper, which they kept in their names and parked on land owned by D\u2019Amico\u2019s family, according to news reports. They bought him a television, a laptop and two cellphones, food and clothing \u2014 and a used SUV that was soon broken-down and idle.<\/p>\n

What he didn\u2019t get, though, was any type of ownership over the money raised on his behalf. He met briefly with a financial adviser, but there was never any lawyer or any trust,\u00a0according to Philadelphia CBS affiliate WTVR. D\u2019Amico said he kept $200,000 \u2014 what remained after buying the camper and the SUV and other expenses \u2014 in a savings account that he would gladly turn over to Bobbitt once he kicked an addiction to opioids and managed to hold down a job.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Homeless\u00a0Veteran now has a Lawyer-ish person involved…I\u00a0assume at no charge because a Lawyer-ish person would not take money that was donated to a homeless veteran, would he?\u00a0 It does seem a bit odd for the two do-gooders to be lollygagging around the country in a new BMW all of a sudden.<\/p>\n

I will tell you what I really find annoying, my ass began to itch the second I saw this story and the guy claimed to be a Homeless Veteran.\u00a0 You all know what a trusting kinda guy I am…so I did a little research of my own.\u00a0 Search as I may for any evidence he was actually in the military…I have come up with nuttin\u00a0so far.\u00a0 \u00a0Our investigation\u00a0is not complete yet, but since this story has already turned septic I thought what the hell.\u00a0 \u00a0I keep getting these kinda things in every database I have looked into so far.\u00a0 They all say he has no service thus far, but I will hold our final judgment until we get the FOIA back from NPRC.<\/p>\n

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I honestly wonder if reporters actually do any research on what they report these days.\u00a0 What are the odds this turns into a case where a faux homeless guy who claims to be a veteran and is neither gets swindled by\u00a0 a couple posing as do-gooders with a GoFundMe account and it all has to be straightened out by a shyster or two who will burn up most of what is left of the money answering phone calls and doing press interviews.\u00a0 \u00a0 Let’s hope all these people turn out to be completely legit but it ain’t looking so good at the moment.<\/p>\n

I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP GIVING MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE VETERANS<\/p>\n

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