This is a story of the power of offering, greed, and the unraveling of a crowdsourcing scheme as a result of conceit and ineptitude. During the holiday season of 2017, Mark D'Amico as well as Kate McClure started a Gofundme charity event to aid a homeless veteran heroin addict. It went viral as well as recorded the hearts of 14,000 people worldwide, and elevated numerous hundreds of bucks. When a team of reporters and also authorities began to take notice, the brazen scheme collapsed.