A New Jersey man who pled guilty in 2019 for his role in a GoFundMe scam that raised over $400,000 by tricking donors into thinking they were donating money to a homeless veteran has been sentenced to five years in state prison, according to officials.
that raised over $400,000 by tricking donors into thinking they were donating money to a homeless veteran has been sentenced to five years in state prison, according to officials.from the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.D'Amico and his then-girlfriend, Katelyn McClure,in 2017 after she said she ran out of gas near a Philadelphia interstate and bumped into Johnny Bobbitt, a homeless veteran who used his last $20 to pay for her fuel.
More than 14,000 people ended up donating, and the trio’s story became national news and landed them on television. The money, which far exceeded the $10,000 goal, was spent by D'Amico and McClure"on casino gambling and personal items such as a BMW, a New Year’s trip to Las Vegas, a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon and Louis Vuitton hand bags," according to the prosecutor's office.D’Amico and McClure of withholding“People genuinely wanted to believe it was true,” Burlington Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. “But it was all a lie, and it was illegal.
Bobbitt was admitted into the New Jersey Judiciary's Recovery Court program in March 2019 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit theft by deception in the second degree, allowing him to seek treatment for addiction problems instead of being incarcerated, according to officials. If Bobbitt fails to stay clean, he could face five years in state prison. He's scheduled to be sentenced on August 23 in Camden, New Jersey, the prosecutor's office said.
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