No Kidding.Originally Posted by Dan Druff
No Kidding.
How this trio’s $400K GoFundMe scam was finally exposed
https://nypost.com/2018/11/15/how-th...nally-exposed/
“[I don’t know] why but that homeless guy by sugarhouse [sic] just keeps popping in my damn head today,” McClure, 28, text messaged her boyfriend on Oct. 16, 2017.
“Dude I just thought about him!!” replied D’Amico, 39, as the conversation turned to ways to help out the 35-year-old former Marine: Food, clothes, a Nintendo Switch, even a job and a house.
Less than a month later, it was Bobbitt who supposedly came to McClure’s rescue when her car clunked out — off the same Girard Avenue exit ramp where the trio first met.
McClure’s tank ran bone-dry along a desolate, litter-strewn stretch of I-95, forcing her to hike to the nearest gas station in the dark — or so the story posted to the GoFundMe page went.But behind the scenes, McClure was feeling the heat, even getting guilted by her own mother for the ruse.
“My mother just called me and said that people go to jail for scamming others out of money. So there’s that,” she texted her friend. “That’s what my own mother thinks of me.”
Meanwhile, relations strained between Bobbitt and the couple, who allegedly kept the bulk of the $367,108.81 they received after GoFundMe took its cut for processing fees.
Bobbitt claimed he received only about $75,000, while McClure and D’Amico blew through the rest on everything from a 2015 BMW to designer shoes and sunglasses to a New Year’s trip to Las Vegas and a helicopter flight over the Grand Canyon.
Over $85,000 was withdrawn by the couple in or near casinos from Vegas to Atlantic City to Philly, financial records revealed to investigators.
“You really need to get rid of [Bobbitt] and get the public off your back by donating,” McClure’s friend warned her in March. “He could out you.”
McClure replied, “I’ll be keeping the rest of the money, fuck you very much.”
But even if McClure was willing to heed her friend’s advice, it was too late.
“I can’t believe we have less than 10k left,” she texted D’Amico earlier that month. “I’m so upset.”But it was his and McClure’s greed that likely doomed the scam, officials said Thursday.
Had Bobbitt gotten a larger cut and not sued the couple, bringing investigators sniffing around, “there’s a good chance” the scheme never would’ve been uncovered, Coffina said.
Still believing Bobbitt to be the victim, investigators raided the couple’s home in September, and also seized a trove of electronic records, including bank statements and over 60,000 text messages.
D’Amico and McClure bickered over the scam as it crumbled before their eyes.
“Twenty thousand [dollars], BMW. Five thousand, Disney [World and Land trips]. Ten thousand in bags. We both went to Vegas, right?” D’Amico wrote. “Like you act like you didn’t spend a dollar.”
Wrote McClure the next day, “I wish that you never updated the GoFundMe. Like we shoulda just let it go and not fucking kept people informed.”
As they unwound the twisted tale, authorities also dug into Bobbitt’s past and found that in 2012 he recounted a nearly identical tale on Twitter while he was living in North Carolina.
“So this girl runs out of gas and has a flat tire at the same time in front of Wal-Mart and is blocking traffic,” he wrote. “So I run to the gas station and hen change her tire. I spent the only cash I had for supper but at least she can get her little children home safe.”
Officials couldn’t say Thursday whether that good deed had actually happened and merely inspired the 2017 tale or was an early test run of the fabrication.
Either way, “I don’t think that’s a coincidence,” Coffina said.
So where are we on faulting jasep for having less ambition than these Jersey grifters
Just because you keep repeating something doesn’t make it true. They do not owe taxes on this money. It isn’t income which would be taxable. It is thousands of small gifts. Not taxable. Look it up.The $360,000 from GoFundMe went into the checking account of Katelyn M. McClure.
Her boyfriend Mark A. D'Amico also helped spend her share of about $285,000.
Johnny S. Bobbitt received about $75,000.
I don't believe they paid any taxes on this money.
This is not tax-free money.
They are fucked on just the taxes owed.
You clearly don’t know what youre talking about here. I do.
Like I said they are rightly fucked for being degen scumbag scammers but they won’t be in trouble with the IRS for this.
Thousands of small gifts to the homeless man. They stole the money which I believe makes them responsible for taxes on it. Drug dealers owe taxes on what they make even if it is an illegal activity.Just because you keep repeating something doesn’t make it true. They do not owe taxes on this money. It isn’t income which would be taxable. It is thousands of small gifts. Not taxable. Look it up.
The $360,000 from GoFundMe went into the checking account of Katelyn M. McClure.
Her boyfriend Mark A. D'Amico also helped spend her share of about $285,000.
Johnny S. Bobbitt received about $75,000.
I don't believe they paid any taxes on this money.
This is not tax-free money.
They are fucked on just the taxes owed.
You clearly don’t know what youre talking about here. I do.
Like I said they are rightly fucked for being degen scumbag scammers but they won’t be in trouble with the IRS for this.
Drug dealers theoritically owe taxes because selling drugs is considered earned income. But you do have a valid point about the theft since the gifted money was suppossed to be intended for the homeless guy. It's a gray area due to the theft factor. Still I'd wager the IRS doesn't become involved in this. They rarely do in these types of situations. But yeah my apologies to XFactor for coming across as a dick as I can see a way that a case could be made that they're liable for taxes on what they stole.Thousands of small gifts to the homeless man. They stole the money which I believe makes them responsible for taxes on it. Drug dealers owe taxes on what they make even if it is an illegal activity.
I can see where the IRS wouldn't bother if someone is convicted of a crime. Is stealing earning?Drug dealers theoritically owe taxes because selling drugs is considered earned income. But you do have a valid point about the theft since the gifted money was suppossed to be intended for the homeless guy. It's a gray area due to the theft factor. Still I'd wager the IRS doesn't become involved in this. They rarely do in these types of situations. But yeah my apologies to XFactor for coming across as a dick as I can see a way that a case could be made that they're liable for taxes on what they stole.
Same goes for drug trafficking. No paper trail. They may confiscate possessions deemed to come from illegal activities but
hard to go beyond that.
GoFundMe
Donations made to GoFundMe campaigns are usually considered to be "personal gifts" which, for the most part, aren’t taxed as income.
However, there may be particular case-specific instances where the income is in fact taxable (depending on amounts received, use of the funds, etc.), so we recommend that you maintain adequate records of donations received and consult a tax professional to be sure. GoFundMe will not report your donations as income at the end of the year, or issue any tax documents. Because everyone's situation is different and tax rules can change from time to time, we’re unable to give any tax advice.
$360,000 going into your checking account should set off a currency transaction report (CTR) which are provided to the IRS. Maybe if the total amount raised was less than $10,000 you could get away with paying zero taxes on the money.
Of course, right now taxes are the least of their problems.
Donors who fell for GoFundMe scam with homeless man, New Jersey couple get their money back
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...224-story.html
Well, I'm sure there are plenty of other scams to spend your money on besides GoFundMe.
At least the folks at the Parx 2/5 game got some of this shit back hahaHomeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt and Katelyn McClure pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court for their roles in a $400,000 GoFundMe scam. Katelyn McClure and her former boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, started the fundraising campaign in 2017 after claiming that Bobbitt gave McClure his last $20 to buy gas.
During Wednesday’s court appearance, McClure admitted that she initially set up the money to try to help Bobbitt, but as the money came in and the hoax grew, she spent it as it came in. She also talked about how she and D’Amico informed Bobbitt that they had done this on his behalf and that he consented, and put $25,000 in a bank account for him.
McClure’s attorney, James Gerrow, says his client told D’Amico that the hoax needed to stop.
“Her motive was benign, in my view, and that was to help this gentleman and to get him off the streets, and it was a $10,000 goal, but as the money came in and the money went up, D’Amico was the one who took control and said, ‘We’re going to go, we’re going to go, we’re going to keep going.’ Katelyn, on at least two occasions, told D’Amico that they needed to stop because it was just out of control,” said Gerrow.
McClure’s sentencing is scheduled for June 19. Bobbitt’s sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.
State charges are still pending against Bobbitt, McClure and D’Amico.
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...gofundme-scam/
http://www.miraclecovers.com
"Donk down, that’s what you say to someone after they have lost 28K straight?" - Phil Hellmuth, online
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...cid=spartanntp
homeless guy gets 5 years probation...
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