A New Jersey couple’s story about a homeless veteran spending his last $20 on gas raised about $400,000 from more than 14,000 donors; investigators later found the viral GoFundMe story was fabricated
A viral fundraising campaign that collected hundreds of thousands of pounds for a homeless military veteran was an elaborate scam planned by the supposed good Samaritan and a New Jersey couple, US federal prosecutors revealed. More than 14,000 donors gave around $400,000 to the GoFundMe campaign after reading an emotional story about Johnny Bobbitt Jr,…