This story really took a left turn.
Several months ago, couple Kate McClure and Mark D'Amico, set up a Go Fund Me page to raise money for a homeless veteran named Johnny Bobbitt. According to McClure, she ran out of gas on the highway one day last fall and Bobbitt, a homeless panhandler, used his last $20 to buy her some fuel. The couple then set up the fundraising page out of gratitude, and managed to raise over $400,000 with it.
This past August, Bobbitt sued McClure and D'Amico, claiming that they had only given him only a small percentage of the money raised, spending the rest on luxuries for themselves like new vehicles. The couple denied spending any of the money and claimed they needed to maintain control of Bobbitt's funds so that he didn't "spend it all on drugs". In court, a judge sided with Bobbitt and ordered the couple to produce the remainder of the funds - which they were unable to do, because all of the money was gone. This led to a police raid on the couple's home and the seizure of several of their vehicles and other property. This is all relatively old news and you probably remember it.
Now, all three of the involved parties - the couple, AND the homeless veteran they supposedly defrauded - have been arrested. Police plan to hold a press conference about the case this afternoon, but the emerging story seems to be that the entire affair was a scam from the beginning; that the initial incident - McClure running out of gas and Bobbitt helping her with the last of his money - never actually happened, and all three concocted the story as a pretext for starting the fundraising campaign.
Several months ago, couple Kate McClure and Mark D'Amico, set up a Go Fund Me page to raise money for a homeless veteran named Johnny Bobbitt. According to McClure, she ran out of gas on the highway one day last fall and Bobbitt, a homeless panhandler, used his last $20 to buy her some fuel. The couple then set up the fundraising page out of gratitude, and managed to raise over $400,000 with it.
This past August, Bobbitt sued McClure and D'Amico, claiming that they had only given him only a small percentage of the money raised, spending the rest on luxuries for themselves like new vehicles. The couple denied spending any of the money and claimed they needed to maintain control of Bobbitt's funds so that he didn't "spend it all on drugs". In court, a judge sided with Bobbitt and ordered the couple to produce the remainder of the funds - which they were unable to do, because all of the money was gone. This led to a police raid on the couple's home and the seizure of several of their vehicles and other property. This is all relatively old news and you probably remember it.
Now, all three of the involved parties - the couple, AND the homeless veteran they supposedly defrauded - have been arrested. Police plan to hold a press conference about the case this afternoon, but the emerging story seems to be that the entire affair was a scam from the beginning; that the initial incident - McClure running out of gas and Bobbitt helping her with the last of his money - never actually happened, and all three concocted the story as a pretext for starting the fundraising campaign.
via International Skeptics Forum https://ift.tt/2QQqIdS
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