Madison Russo, 19, from Iowa, has been charged with felony theft for allegedly scamming donors out of more than $37,000 by lying for close to a year that she had pancreatic cancer and leukemia.

A lawyer for the New Jersey woman who was allegedly involved in a plan to scam some 14,000 GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 says Kate McClure was “conned” and “used” by her ...

A man who was the instigator behind a false feel-good story that raised more than $400,000 as part of a GoFundMe scam plead guilty Friday in New Jersey court, according to prosecutors. Mark D ...

The hero, the woman he “saved” and her boyfriend were a trio of scam artists who knew each other for a month before the so-called chance encounter — and the $400,000 they raised on GoFundMe ...

How a $367,000 GoFundMe scam started with $20 and a good story ... She’s one of 14,000 donors GoFundMe now has to refund after the couple and Bobbitt were charged with second-degree theft by ...

The New Jersey woman involved in the alleged GoFundMe scandal claims she was “set up” by her now-former boyfriend Mark D’Amico and homeless man Johnny Bobbitt.

Remember the GoFundMe scam which defrauded well-meaning donors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars? This week, two of the players in the scheme, Johnny Bobbitt and Kate McClure, pleaded guilty ...

Katelyn McClure’s story about a down-on-his-luck hero who’d spent his last $20 to help a stranger inspired thousands to contribute to a GoFundMe campaign that soon topped $400,000. Her claim ...

Signs of a GoFundMe scam. Even with eligibility requirements and a specialized team, it is still possible for scammers to create fake fundraisers. A fraudulent fundraiser could look like [0] ...

A New Jersey man who admitted his role in a GoFundMe scam that netted more than $402,000 and garnered national attention has been sentenced to five years in state prison. Mark D’Amico, 43, was ...

GoFundMe says it has refunded everyone who contributed to a campaign involving a homeless veteran from Philadelphia who prosecutors allege schemed with a New Jersey couple to scam donors out of ...

For example, if you donated $50 to a fundraiser, a transaction fee of $1.45 would be charged in addition to $0.30. So $1.75 goes to GoFundMe and $48.25 that goes to the fundraiser recipient.