Tammy Domenick is accused of using phony fundraisers to scam families and businesses out of nearly $30,000, Iredell County deputies say.
IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — An Iredell County woman accused of scamming numerous businesses and individuals out of charitable donations for a phony event called “LKN Fest” was arrested in Arizona, Iredell County deputies said.
The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office received a report from someone who said she’d been scammed out of a charitable donation in July 2022. The victim’s mother said she met Tammy Ann Domenick online and started what she thought was a friendship. The woman alleged that Domenick presented herself as a marketing professional from the New York City area.
The victim’s mother told deputies that Domenick offered to start up a fundraising campaign to help her daughter, who has a life-threatening terminal illness. Domenick’s supposed plan, according to deputies, was to promote a major event called “LKN Fest” on social media with the goal of attracting sponsors and collecting donations to raise the money. The plan would start with “Sip n’ Shop” events throughout the Mooresville area to promote LKN Fest.
Detectives interviewed several sponsors who signed…
