GoFundMe scammer who used story of homeless vet gets 5 years

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Published August 5, 2022 3:59 PM

By DAVID PORTER
Associated Press

A New Jersey man who made up a story about a homeless veteran helping out his then-girlfriend and used the tale to solicit $400,000 in online donations has been sentenced to prison. A judge in Burlington County sentenced Mark D’Amico to five years in state prison on Friday. D’Amico admitted concocting the feel-good tale in 2017 about Johnny Bobbitt Jr. giving $20 to help Katelyn McClure when her car ran out of gas in Philadelphia. Prosecutors say the three had met previously and cooked up the scheme. McClure and Bobbitt also have pleaded guilty. D’Amico also pleaded guilty to separate federal charges, and his sentences will run concurrently.

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