{"id":1183,"date":"2024-10-01T13:53:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extraniceshirts.org\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2024-10-01T14:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:44:34","slug":"gambling-addict-spared-jail-over-44k-theft-from-murdered-womans-gofundme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extraniceshirts.org\/index.php\/2024\/10\/01\/gambling-addict-spared-jail-over-44k-theft-from-murdered-womans-gofundme\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambling Addict Spared Jail Over $44k Theft From Murdered Woman\u2019s GoFundMe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man has been spared jail after pleading guilty to stealing AU$64,000 (US$44,185) from a GoFundMe page which was set up to support the family of a murdered woman.<\/p>\n

26-year-old Lachlan Morganti appeared at the Ballarat Magistrate\u2019s Court for sentencing and was handed a two-year community corrections order and 400 hours of unpaid work by magistrate Michelle Mykytowycz.<\/p>\n

Morganti knew the family of the allegedly murdered Hannah McGuire through their support of the Clunes Cricket Club, where he played.<\/p>\n

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burning through the full amount within five days<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After her death, he set up the GoFundMe page with a goal of AU$15,000 (US$10,359), which it quickly exceeded. However, upon the money arriving in Morganti\u2019s account, he quickly began to gamble with it, burning through the full amount within five days.<\/p>\n

After confessing the losses to McGuire\u2019s mother, Debbie, the police were contacted. Morganti blamed the incident on an \u201cuncontrollable\u201d gambling addiction.<\/p>\n

In sentencing, Mykytowycz conceded that the fundraiser had been set up as a genuine act of altruism, but that \u201cthe temptation to use this money to recover previous debts became overwhelming and self-indulgent.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGuire added: \u201cNot only did the accused violate our trust, but he had a complete disregard of the trust and generosity of an entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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