{"id":42586,"date":"2018-12-25T20:55:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T20:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/25\/gofundme-says-donors-in-alleged-homeless-scam-refunded\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:55:58","slug":"gofundme-says-donors-in-alleged-homeless-scam-refunded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2018\/12\/25\/gofundme-says-donors-in-alleged-homeless-scam-refunded\/","title":{"rendered":"GoFundMe says donors in homeless Marine veteran alleged scam refunded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GoFundMe says it has refunded everyone who contributed to a campaign involving a homeless veteran from Philadelphia <\/a>who prosecutors allege schemed with a New Jersey couple to scam donors out of more than $400,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GoFundMe spokesman Bobby Whithorne said Tuesday that “all donors who contributed to this GoFundMe campaign have been fully refunded” and the organization is cooperating fully with law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burlington County prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint that Johnny Bobbitt conspired with Katelyn McClure and her boyfriend at the time, Mark D’Amico, to concoct a feel-good story about Bobbitt giving McClure his last $20 when her car ran out of gas. They raised $400,000, which authorities say was spent on luxury items and casino trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whithorne said campaigns involving misuse “make up less than one tenth of one percent” of all GoFundMe campaigns, but such behavior “is unacceptable” and “has consequences.”<\/p>\n\n\n\t