Homeless Veteran and Woman Behind $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Plead Guilty

Homeless Veteran and Woman Behind $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Plead Guilty
Johnny Bobbitt during a hearing at Burlington County Courthouse in Mount Holly, N.J., on Dec. Dec. 14, 2018. David Swanson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool, File
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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The sham feel-good story that netted $400,000 has finally caught up with homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt, who on March 6 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Over 14,000 people donated to a GoFundMe campaign in 2017 in the wake of a viral story about Bobbitt using his last $20 to help out a woman who had gotten stranded on a Philadelphia highway in the wrong part of town.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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