A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for her role in a viral GoFundMe scam that was organized under the pretense of helping a homeless veteran from Philadelphia.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey said Katelyn McClure, 32, will serve one year and one day in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She was sentenced Thursday.
Federal prosecutors said that McClure orchestrated the scam with Mark D’Amico, 43, when they created a GoFundMe page titled “Paying It Forward” in November 2017.
The page said it was designed to help homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt, 39, who had purportedly used his last $20 to buy gas for Ms.