'GoFundMe has zero tolerance for the misuse of our platform,' a spokesperson told Newsweek on Thursday.
on March 7, 2015, after Farias purportedly vanished after taking his two dogs for a walk near his family's home in northeast Houston. He was 17 at the time and not"found" until June 29 of this year, when authorities located him bruised and battered outside a church.
Houston police officials said during a press conference Thursday that there are inconsistencies with the story behind the original report, as well as the relationship between Farias and Santana andGoFundMe said that a campaign was launched in March 2015 after Farias, now 25, was declared missing by his mother. It was created by a woman named Julissa Bravo, whose ties to the family remain unknown.
Janie Santana, mother of the formerly"missing" Rudy Farias, collected more than $2,000 in what GoFundMe has determined to be an improper campaign.The beneficiary of the campaign was confirmed to be Santana, who pocketed $2,025 and last received a donation eight years ago. "GoFundMe has zero tolerance for the misuse of our platform and cooperates with law enforcement investigations and those accused of wrongdoing," the spokesperson said."Our trust and safety team takes swift action against those who exploit the generosity of our community, including with the outright removal of a fundraiser, banning an account for violating our terms of service, and even pursuing potential legal recourse.
Following the Houston police press conference Thursday, GoFundMe said that at the discretion of its trust and safety team, it permanently banned Santana—who received all of the funds in the campaign—from the platform and from all future beneficiary opportunities.The link to the former campaign now contains a broken URL and cannot"be found" on the site.
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