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New Jersey man involved in homeless vet GoFundMe scam sentenced to 5 years in prison

New Jersey man fabricates a complicated story about a homeless veteran helping his depressed girlfriend and raising thousands of dollars in GoFundMe donations As such, he was sentenced to five years in prison. Behind the bar on Friday.

Mark of Florence His d'Amico pleaded guilty to misappropriation of property entrusted to him in December 2019 and was released from New Jersey for his role in the fundraising scheme. In prison he will serve five years. With donations of $400,000 or more.

D'Amico, 43, with then-girlfriend Caitlin He along with McClure, homeless veterinarian Johnny Bobbitt Jr. fills tank after McClure runs out of tank admitted to making up a story about how he gave his last $20. Money on the interstate highway in Pennsylvania at midnight.

The couple shared a heartwarming GoFundMe account to raise money for the ill-fated Bobbitt. The fundraiser gained national attention as 14,000 people donated to his GoFundMe page titled 'Prepaid'. The funds were made under the premise that they would be used to finance Bobbitt to rent a place, buy a reliable car, and cover basic living expenses.

Johnny Bobbitt , Marc D'Amico, and Katelyn McClure
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Johnny Bobbitt
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D'Amico, McClure and Bobbitt interviewed local and national press to quickly reach the $10,000 fundraising goal As a result, the news of the touching encounter spread. 4 million yen in about a month.

But the anecdote was a hoax. The couple reportedly met Bobbitt about a month before he helped McClure on the final Jackson, and together they made money by crafting feel-good stories.

"People really wanted to believe it was true," Burlington County Prosecutor Latia Bradshaw said in a statement Friday. "But it was all false and illegal. Our office is happy to bring justice to over 14,000 kind-hearted people who thought they were helping someone in a desperate situation." I think."

The trio enjoyed the fruits of their fraud until Bobbitt sued D'Amico and McClure. Trip to BMW and Casino. Bobbitt claimed to only share about $75,000 with him.

The lawsuit prompted authorities to investigate the fundraising efforts, eventually finding that the couple had used up all of his funds by March 2018. Separate federal claims. He is currently being held at a federal prison in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he is serving a 27-month federal sentence.

Johnny Bobbitt Jr.
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his five-year state sentence are executed simultaneously. His federal judgment — that is, once he completes the federal judgment, he is subject to the rest of the state judgment.

McClure and his Bobbitt also pleaded guilty to both state and federal charges.

McClure was awaiting sentencing at the state level last month when a federal court sentenced him to one year in prison.

Meanwhile, Bobbitt is in the state drug court program as part of his plea bargain, awaiting federal judgment.

D'Amico and McClure were also ordered to pay back the money.

With post wires.