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Couple and "homeless veteran" charged in alleged GoFundMe scam

Tens of millions of people believed what looked like a feel good story about a New Jersey couple helping a homeless man. Now, prosecutors say it was a huge scam. They claim Mark D'Amico and Katelyn McClure conspired with Johnny Bobbitt to defraud people out of more than $400,000. The couple set up a GoFundMe account for Bobbitt, after McClure said he helped her. Meg Oliver reports.
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