A criminal investigation has been launched against a couple who refused to give $ 400 thousand collected for the homeless - ForumDaily
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A criminal investigation has been launched against a couple who refused to give $ 400 thousand collected for the homeless

Johnny Bobbitt, a homeless veteran from Philadelphia, will receive all the 400 000 dollars collected for him.

Photo: GoFundMe

Now the situation with the illegal embezzlement of the money collected for him has become the cause of a criminal investigation, writes NBC.

This statement was made by the administration of the fundraising portal GoFundMe and lawyer Bobbit Chris Fallon.

“Johnny will get his due, we say he will get the rest of the funds. GoFundMe's goal has always been to ensure Johnny receives the financial support he deserves,” said GoFundMe spokesman Bobby Whitmore.

A couple from New Jersey - Mark D'Amico and Caitlinn McClure, who started a fundraising campaign for Bobbit, are now under investigation for misuse of money.

McClure and D'Amico started raising money after Bobbit gave his last 20 dollars to buy gasoline to Caitlin who was stuck on the road. The good deed of a homeless person touched the hearts of more than 14 000 people who donated money to him on the GoFundMe portal. As a result, managed to collect a little more than 400 thousand dollars.

However, Bobbit received only 75 000 dollars from this money, it was in that much that the camper cost the pair and the Ford Ranger 1999 of the year she bought for the homeless. Therefore, he and his lawyers accused McClure and D'Amico of stealing donations. The couple argued that they did not spend the money, but did not want to give the homeless the full amount, because, because he had previously suffered from drug addiction, he could spend the money on drugs.

In early September, the court demanded that McClure and D'Amicot provide documentation confirming the availability of money and expenses made during the fundraising campaign. After that a couple stated that the rest of the money “disappeared”.

On September 6, police searched the home of D'Amico and McClure in New Jersey, seizing several boxes of evidence of embezzlement and a new BMW.

According to Fallon, GoFundMe will conduct an audit to determine how much more money Bobbit should receive, and then they will seek their payment with the help of lawyers. The couple and her lawyer Ernest Badway declined to comment.

The criminal investigation is ongoing, but no charges have been filed.

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