A Florida woman has been accused of posing as a parent of one of the children that died in the Camp Mystic flooding in Texas over the summer.

Sadly, some folks use a Go Fund Me page as a way to scam folks during a tragedy and one that hit home for us in Texas was the July 4th Camp Mystic flooding. 27 people in total where killed during that flood at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas. Camp counselors and several kids unfortunately had their lives lost during that event. Looks like a Florida woman thought this would be a great way to earn some money.

Maitlin White Posed as Camp Mystic Counselor's Father

Maitlin White of Clearview, Florida in late July setup a Go Fund Me page. It linked back to her phone number, email, and bank information. However, the Go Fund Me was not in her name, but the name of the father of Chloe Childress, a Camp Mystic counselor. The Go Fund Me was to help with Chloe's funeral expenses. Another donation page was setup on a website called Spotfund with a similar story.

Texas Father Contacted Authorities About the Impersonation

Imagine everything this father went through last year and now he has to deal with stress of someone making money off his dead daughter. According to reports, Texas police with the help of Florida authorities intend to charge Maitlin White with online impersonation. Unfortunately she has not been arrested yet and it is unclear how much money she got from these donation pages.

Penalty for Online Impersonation in the State of Florida

If found guilty, Maitlin White will be facing a "minimum sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment. If the pecuniary benefit, the value of the services received, the payment sought to be avoided, or the amount of the injury or fraud perpetrated is $100,000 or more, or if the person fraudulently uses the personal identification information of 30 or more persons without their consent, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall sentence any person convicted of committing the offense described in this paragraph to a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment."

If Maitlin received over $100,000 from these donation pages, she will be facing more than that five year mandatory sentence.