Category: GoFundMe Scam

George Santos Denies Scamming Disabled Veteran Out of Money for Dog’s Cancer Treatment

January 18, 2023
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Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is denying new allegations that he raised money for a disabled veteran’s cancer-afflicted service dog only to keep the charitable donations for himself. Retired U.S. Navy veteran Richard Osthoff recently told Patch.com that he met Santos in May 2016 when his service dog, a pit bull mix named Sapphire, developed a…

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Woman in $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Gets 1 Year in Federal Case

July 22, 2022
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CAMDEN, New Jersey—A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court Thursday. Katelyn McClure was also ordered to make restitution and serve three years’ supervised release. The 32-year-old Bordentown, New Jersey resident is scheduled to be…

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GiveSendGo Donors From United States Account For Roughly 50 Percent of Canadian Freedom Convoy Campaign

February 16, 2022
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Around 50 percent of donations to the Freedom Convoy anti-mandate protests in Canada have come from small donations made from the United States, according to the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo. There was “a pretty even split between donations coming from Canada and donations coming from the U.S.,” said Jacob Wells, CFO and co-founder of GiveSendGo, to…

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