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 New Jersey man who was the alleged ringleader in a GoFundMe scam involving a homeless veteran—a gambit that scammed donors out of more than $400,000—pleaded guilty for his part in the ruse ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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] ...

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

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 scam: Kate McClure sentenced to 3 years behind bars. This all started when Kate McClure and her then-boyfriend Mark D'Amico started a GoFundMe for homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt.

Madison Russo allegedly used social media to spread awareness about her battle with cancer and to raise almost $40,000 on GoFundMe -- but the entire operation was a scam.

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.