Viral £300,000 GoFundMe story ‘completely fake’

Prosecutors claim trio made up good samaritan story purely for profit

New Jersey couple and homeless man accused of £300,000 GoFundMe scam
Johnny Bobbitt, left, Mark D’Amico, centre, and Katelyn McClure
(Image credit: Twitter)

Prosecutors in the US have accused a New Jersey couple and a homeless man of manufacturing a viral hoax that raised hundreds of thousands of pounds through a crowd-funding website.

Officials say the story of homeless man Johnny Bobbitt Jr giving his last $20 to Kate McClure when she ran out of petrol on Interstate 95 in Philidelphia, who then started a GoFundMe page as a way to say thank you, is false.

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