Their paths crossed as Caitlin from New Jersey headed to a gas station. Moments ago, she should have realized that the fuel tank in her car was empty. She decided to stop and walk for fuel in the dark. As she later reported in the press and social networks, she was scared and cold.but she had no other choice.
As she walked in the darkness, she saw homeless veteran Johnny Bobbit by the bridge. The man asked her what happened, and when she told him, he became very upset and offered to help her and go to the station himself. However, Caitlin had no cash, so she claimed Bobbitt paid for the fuel with his $20. It was the last money he had with him.
McClure said that she later returned Bobbit and gave him back the money and also brought him warm clothes. In gratitude for his kindness, together with partner Marek D’Amico, she decided to organize a fundraiser on the GoFundMe website. The funds raised were to go to Bobbit and help him recover.
Collected 400 thousand. for the homeless. A few months later he had to return to the street.
What happened to the fundraising money?
Catelyn and Mark said that with some of the money they would buy a motorhome for Bobbit to live in, and give the rest to him. They were supposed to open an account for him with money for retirement and running expenses. As the story was covered by the media around the world, the fundraiser was very popular. AT in total, about 400,000 people were gathered. dollars (today it is about 1.8 million dollars). However, the homeless person was only to receive $75,000. The couple said, however, that he received $200,000. They also explained that they didn’t give him everything because he spent money on drugs.
GoFundMe found out about the case and provided Bobbit with free legal help. The couple was sued, and the court ordered them to return the donations. Then it turned out that the entire amount had evaporated. The service then promised that the homeless person would receive the collected amount in accordance with the collection policy. However, this did not happen.
They made it all up
The prosecutor’s office found that the whole trinity was in cahoots. McClure and D’Amico made up the whole story to extort funds from a fundraiser and convinced Bobbit, a drug addict, to help them. They were supposed to meet him a month ago at the casino. All of them are convicted.
Unusual gesture of a homeless person. He gave the 27-year-old the last money
In 2019, Bobbitt pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft by fraud and was sentenced to 5 years of probation and rehab. D’Amico also pleaded guilty and agreed to a five-year prison term and a return to the donors.
Thursday, On July 21, the Caitlin McClure case was referred. The woman was sentenced to one year in prison and three years probation. Like her former partner, she was also ordered to refund the fundraiser, according to CNN. (tsoe/h)
A cunning couple robbed a homeless man. This story has a beautiful ending.
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Johnny Bobbitt, Mark D’Amico and Caitlin McClure.
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Caitlin McClure said she met a homeless veteran when she ran out of doggie.
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$400,000 was raised for Bobbit. dollars.
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The whole world was touched by his kindness.
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Everyone was outraged when it turned out that he had not received the money
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Thunder hit the steam.
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It soon became apparent that Bobbitt had colluded with the crooks.
Source: FAKT
