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Woman in $400K GoFundMe scam gets 1 year in federal case

A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court Thursday.

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Jul 22, 2022, 4:55 AM

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