A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised US$400,000 ($639,000) using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court.
Katelyn McClure was also ordered to make restitution and serve three years of supervised release. The 32-year-old Bordentown, New Jersey, resident will be sentenced on state charges next month and could receive more prison time.
A message was left with a lawyer representing McClure.
McClure and her then-boyfriend, Mark D'Amico, fabricated the story about homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt Jr giving McClure US$20 when she ran out of petrol on a Philadelphia highway in 2017.
![Johnny Bobbitt (left) sued Mark D Amico and Katelyn McClure, saying he wasn t getting the money raised on his behalf. Photo / AP](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/B6KZQUEOEVJ6F626TKVR23TY3U.jpg?auth=e059f14b3a3417f02949f02df325823328bbf251df6d06ead222f27f2a9c146e&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)