PHILADELPHIA — Kate McClure, one of the three perpetrators involved in the notorious GoFundMe scam that raised $400,000 based on a bogus story about helping a homeless veteran, was sentenced Friday to three years in New Jersey State Prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said.
McClure, 32, of Burlington Township, New Jersey, was not present in the courtroom in Mount Holly because she is serving a one-year and one-day sentence at a federal prison in Connecticut for the same scam, Bradshaw said. McClure pleaded guilty in New Jersey Superior Court in April 2019 to second-degree theft by deception, but her case was put on hold while federal authorities pursued their prosecution.
Bradshaw said McClure's state prison sentence will run concurrent with her federal sentence. Superior Court Judge Christopher J. Garrenger also barred McClure, a former state employee, from holding another public job in New Jersey.
