TONIGHT. NEW TONIGHT. A FLORIDA WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF SETTING UP A FAKE GOFUNDME ACCOUNT IN THE NAME OF FLOOD VICTIMS OUT IN TEXAS. TEXAS INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT MAITLAND WHITE LIVES IN CRESTVIEW, UP IN OKALOOSA. THAT’S OKALOOSA COUNTY, RATHER. BUT THEY SAY ONLINE WHITE HAD PRETENDED TO BE THE FATHER OF A YOUNG WOMAN KILLED AT CAMP MYSTIC. EVEN USING A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 18 YEAR-OLD WOMAN AS PART OF THE BIO ON FAKE DONATION PAGES, THE STATE HAD FILED DOCUMENTS EARLIER THI
Florida woman accused of impersonating father of teen killed in Texas floods for donations
Updated: 10:48 PM EST Jan 11, 2026
A Florida woman is accused of creating a fake GoFundMe account in the name of a Houston teen who died in the floods last year, with the alleged scheme dating back to July 2025 in Harris County, Texas. Investigators say 28-year-old Maitlin White of Crestview, Florida, in Okaloosa County, posed online as the father of a young woman who died while at Camp Mystic during the floods.The father filed a complaint stating that the site had been created in his name, but it was not him. The site was asking for cash donations “to support the recent death of his daughter, who died during the Kerr County floods at Camp Mystic,” court records say.According to detectives, White used a photo of the 18-year-old victim in the biography of multiple fake donation pages to solicit money.Not long after the GoFundMe was created, a second fake donation site was created using the father’s name on a website called SpotFund.An investigation revealed the creator of the donation pages was White, who provided her phone number, email address and bank routing number.The victim’s father claims he does not know White.According to court records, White told detectives that she is a single mother who “was looking for a quick way to make money.”Court records show the state of Texas filed charges earlier this month, accusing White of online impersonation.
CRESTVIEW, Fla. —
A Florida woman is accused of creating a fake GoFundMe account in the name of a Houston teen who died in the floods last year, with the alleged scheme dating back to July 2025 in Harris County, Texas.
Investigators say 28-year-old Maitlin White of Crestview, Florida, in Okaloosa County, posed online as the father of a young woman who died while at Camp Mystic during the floods.
The father filed a complaint stating that the site had been created in his name, but it was not him. The site was asking for cash donations “to support the recent death of his daughter, who died during the Kerr County floods at Camp Mystic,” court records say.
According to detectives, White used a photo of the 18-year-old victim in the biography of multiple fake donation pages to solicit money.
Not long after the GoFundMe was created, a second fake donation site was created using the father’s name on a website called SpotFund.
An investigation revealed the creator of the donation pages was White, who provided her phone number, email address and bank routing number.
The victim’s father claims he does not know White.
According to court records, White told detectives that she is a single mother who “was looking for a quick way to make money.”
Court records show the state of Texas filed charges earlier this month, accusing White of online impersonation.