A New Jersey woman was sentenced Friday to three years in state prison on state theft charges after previously pleading guilty over a GoFundMe scam that raised more than $400,000 in online donations.
Katelyn McClure, 32, was not present in the Mount Holly courtroom when Judge Christopher J. Garrenger handed down her sentence due to her currently serving a one-year and one-day term in federal prison in Connecticut, according to a press release from the office of the Burlington County Prosecutor. McClure’s New Jersey sentence will run concurrently with her federal one.
McClure previously worked as a state Department of Transportation worker and has been permanently barred from ever working as a public employee again.
“This sentencing brings to a close a case that defrauded more than 14,000 people whose decency and compassion for others elicited a tremendously heartwarming response to assist someone they believed was truly in need,” Prosecutor LaChia L.Bradshaw said in the press statement.
NEW JERSEY WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR VIRAL $400K GOFUNDME SCAM FOR HOMELESS VETERAN
This photo provided by Burlington County Prosecutor office shows Katelyn McClure. McClure, who pleaded guilty to helping her boyfriend spread a feel-good story about a homeless veteran that garnered more than $400,000 in online donations has been sentenced to three years in prison on state theft charges on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 in the Mount Holly, N.J. courtroom.
(Burlington County…
