Transcript for Homeless man, couple created GoFundMe scheme: Report
We are back now with that new twist in that gofundme story involving a homeless man and a woman who needed help when her car ran out of gas. The big question, was the entire thing a scam? Gio Benitez is here with the latest on that. Good morning, gio. Reporter: Yeah, if true, that would mean this was a plot to take advantage of our better nature. The side of us that is charitable and moved by stories of kindness. This morning a new report says there was nothing charitable about this. The story sounded almost too good to be true. Johnny Bobbitt, a homeless man, gave Kate Mcclure a total stranger his last $20 for gas after she became stranded on an interstate and her and her boyfriend went public because they wanted to help Bob bit. We were thinking what if we started a gofundme for this guy, just to get him, you know, to get him off of the streets even for a weekend. Reporter: The fund quickly grew to more than $400,000 with donations from more than 14,000 people. It’s like winning the lottery. Reporter: The happy story began to crack when Bob bit accused the couple of stealing his money using it to fund lavish trips to the grand canyon and New York City and law enforcement zeroed in on them raiding their home, towing away their car, Ang arrest seemed imminent. This morning a bombshell, according to a new report, authorities believe the entire tale was a ruse conceived by all three of them in a get rich quick scheme. According to an NBC affiliate, Mcclure and d’amico turned themselves in but Bob bit is still at large. The three are expected to be charged with conspiracy and theft by deception for working together to concoct the story. D’amico and Mcclure always denied spending Bob bit’s money themselves saying they were managing the money for him because of his drug habit. And that report also says the three deliberately prevented donors from gaining any additional information about that gofundme campaign. You know, we reached out to the attorney for the couple and he said no comment. Getting more and more unbelievable. I know. There’s so many people who are on there for the right reasons in needing help and so now you’re leery and it hurts your heart that those who do benefit, now you’ll have second thoughts about reaching out. Now you got to keep checking and checking. And vetting and vetting. It’s a shame.
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