Emily Joyce Hinojosa, 38, was sentenced to five years of felony probation. She was also ordered to pay the money back to the people who contributed to her fundraiser.
Mom sentenced after lying about stage 4 cancer diagnosis, raising $7,000 on GoFundMe
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Wasn't there some hotter chick that did this in Dirty D a few years back?
There was a poster in the lounge that did that a while back.
I remember it, if we are thinking of the same thing, and it was a pretty transparent scam from the start. I don't recall the handle, my guess is it is long gone.
Probably something we should have mentioned to the mods, although it's 50/50 they would have done anything.
The "-ter" is pulling a lot of weight in that sentence.Madison Russo
Well, @dgordo this is going to bother me for awhile. I’m trying to remember the reason for the fundraising request. For some reason I don’t think it was a direct, “help me”, scam, was it a promise to direct the money to someone else? And, it wasn’t a completely new handle as I recall. I’m not even sure it was one of the continuous retreads. Like a few months old handle that had established a rapport with the gang here.
You talking about that dude from Georgia who was trying to get his son, named Nile Kinnick Knapp, on at Iowa, met Kakert, and conned a bunch of money from the rubes of the Lounge?
I remember something along those lines. I figured that to be a prank at first. Nile Kinnick on a Hawkeye board… I also remember something on the OT board that was more of an openly financial scam that was laughable from the start.
Pretty easy to go on Twitter and pickup $500-$1000 by pretending to be a comrade with a hard luck story looking for “mutual aid!”😂 Lot’s of HS kids around here do that to fund a party. 😂🥩🌭🎂🎅
It’s bothering me too. It was a long time poster as I recall. I think one of friends called him out?
No but I remember that one too. I think he stole money from Kakert.
I’m pretty sure it was @TAIhawk or something like that. They posted news articles of their “fight’.
I don’t recall any money being raised (would have been a violation at the time anyways). This was just a classic case of a Dad overselling their son’s abilities. Good hype/marketing. Also, loving the attention their son wasn’t actually getting from staff
Didn’t one of them get some Hawkeye football tickets out of it. And perhaps airfare as well.
I’m pretty sure he built up a brand around his sons sped up videos then sold a story of cancer and raising money. Maybe I’m wrong there, but there was definitely a fraudster element to it
Good Lord you follow me around like a jilted sorority girl.
Steve Bannon and his buddies grifted people out of millions, not "$7k". Where's your outrage on that one?
I have a kid who walks to my door to ask for donations for an annual bike ride sponsored by the American Diabetes Association. He has many physical limitations but is a great kid, and I enjoy seeing him around this time of year.
They should throw away the key on these types of scammers.
They should throw away the key on these types of scammers.
Yeah that’s the guy I remember. The whole articles and snake oil pitch was awfully funny.
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