Whithorne went on to say that fraudulent campaigns make up “less than one tenth of one percent” of all GoFundMe initiatives, but that “one fraudulent campaign is one too many.”Ĭoffina said investigators believe McClure and D'Amico first met Bobbitt about a month before they launched the GoFundMe campaign near the Sugarhouse Casino in Philadelphia, close to the I-95 off-ramp where Bobbitt was living on the streets at the time.Īsked who came up with the idea of the scam, Coffina noted a 2012 Facebook post written by Bobbitt that was "remarkably similar" to the narrative on the GoFundMe page. D'Amico,” referring to two of the three people charged in the alleged scheme. We are fully cooperating and assisting law enforcement officials to recover every dollar withdrawn by Ms.
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“Committing fraud, whether it takes place on or offline is against the law. “While this type of behavior by an individual is extremely rare, it's unacceptable and clearly it has consequences,” he continued. “GoFundMe always fully protects donors, which is why we have a comprehensive refund policy in place.” "All donors who contributed to this GoFundMe campaign have been fully refunded,” company spokesman Bobby Whithorne said in a statement.
The scam first warmed, then broke the hearts of thousands of Americans before it was exposed as an alleged fraud last month. The fundraising website GoFundMe has fully refunded every one of about 14,000 people who donated more than $400,000 to a New Jersey trio now charged with concocting a cruel hoax involving a seemingly selfless homeless man, a gas can and a $20 bill.
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