A spokesperson for GoFundMe said the platform has “zero tolerance” for abuse and has banned the beneficiary from creating any future fundraisers.
A crowdfunding campaign created to “help find” Rudy Farias, the Houston man who was reported missing when he was a teen in 2015, raised more than $2,000 — even thoughMore than 30 people contributed to the GoFundMe account, which was launched on March 22, 2015. Farias was first reported missing two weeks earlier, on March 7, the day after he allegedly disappeared while walking two dogs in his Houston neighborhood.
In response to questions from HuffPost, GoFundMe said it had taken the fundraiser down but confirmed it had raised money on behalf of Santana.“GoFundMe has zero tolerance for the misuse of our platform and cooperates with law enforcement investigations of those accused of wrongdoing,” a spokesperson for the crowdfunding platform told HuffPost. “The fundraiser has been removed from the platform and the beneficiary has been banned from using GoFundMe for any future fundraisers.
The campaign said that Farias’ mother would be “deteriorating” with each passing day he is missing, adding that “TIME IS RUNNING OUT!” Asked about those concerns, Detective Sgt. Stephen Jimenez said that when he interviewed Farias, he did not say anything about abuse.
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