GoFundMe has taken action against a poker fraudster who lied about having terminal cancer and used donors' cash to play in the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event.
But it was all lies, as Mercer confirmed to the Las Vegas Review-Journal after several donors became suspicious that he had fabricated his story due to vague answers and strange behaviour in Sin City. It quickly emerged that he had failed to verify his illness with a doctor's note, and after weeks of questions online, Mercer came clean.
However, GoFundMe has taken action in the wake of his admission. The platform has confirmed it has banned him from creating crowd-funders in future, saying it has a zero-tolerance policy for those who "exploit the generosity of our community," via TMZ. The organisation added it cooperates with law enforcement if its users are "formally accused of wrongdoing.
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