Brian Ferreira and Rachel Kadis created a GoFundMe in March that raised $17,836 to support a homeless man named Greg Bobst. Bobst reported to Bridgewater police on June 8 that the couple refused to give him the raised funds. Prosecutors allege the couple kept the money in a personal account Bobst could not access and created the fundraiser under a guise of charitable purposes. Bobst died July 1 without receiving any of the money. Ferreira and Kadis pleaded not guilty to embezzlement, conspiracy, and larceny over $1,200 and were released with conditions including surrendering passports and refraining from fundraising.
A Bridgewater couple pleaded not guilty to allegedly pocketing $18,000 from a GoFundMe campaign to support a homeless man, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz announced Friday. Brian Ferreira, 33, and Rachel Kadis, 31, created a GoFundMe in March to support a homeless man, and allegedly did not give the man, who died in July, the approximately $18,000 raised, the DA said in a release. Ferreira and Kadis pleaded not guilty to counts of embezzlement, conspiracy, and larceny over $1200 by false pretenses, the DA said.
The couple was released on personal recognizance, with conditions they surrender their passports, refrain from fundraising, and refrain from visiting GoFundMe or any fundraising site, according to the DA. The man, named Greg Bobst, reported to the Bridgewater Police Department June 8 that Ferreira and Kadis refused to give him the money they said was to benefit him.
The GoFundMe, started March 11 by Kadis, ultimately raised $17,836. Bobst told police he did not receive any of it, according to the DA. Bobst died July 1 without receiving any of the fundraised money, the DA said. An investigation by Bridgewater police revealed Ferreira and Kadis created the GoFundMe "under a guise" it was for charitable purposes, but kept the money in a personal account Bobst did not have access to, the DA said. Bridgewater police filed a criminal complaint against the couple July 29, the DA said.
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