Father allegedly spends dying son’s $217k crowd-funding donations on brothels, luxury holidays and drugs
Sh***s happens but this is one of the cruelest thing a father could do. A seriously ill boy died after his father allegedly spent $217,000 of
his crowd-funding donations on luxury holidays and brothels.
A father allegedly blew nearly $217,000 of his dying son’s crowd-funding donations on luxury holidays and brothels.
Father
Mateus Henrique Leroy Alves, 37, was arrested in July on suspicion of
spending the money raised online to help treat his two-year-old son Joao
Miguel’s type 1 spinal muscular atrophy, The Sun reported.
He allegedly used the funds for a luxury trip after travelling from his home in Conselheiro Lafaiete to the city of Salvador in East Brazilian without his wife.
Wife
Karine Rodrigues raised the alarm after information he gave her did not
add up and when police told her to check the money that been raised for
her son suffering from a serious degenerative disease.
She allegedly discovered large amounts of money had been withdrawn and Alves was arrested on his luxury holiday.
It is believed Alves splashed some of the cash on watches, designer clothing, drinks, drugs and expensive aftershave.
Local media reported the suspect allegedly “invested” nearly $18,000 in a brothel in Conselheiro Lafaiete, but it is not clear if the funds came from the donation fund.
Investigator Daniel Gomes said Alves had been charged with larceny and material neglect of his family.
Gomes added:
It was reported the donation fund raised $358,000 for little Joao Miguel who desperately needed a medication called Spinraza to prevent the disease from advancing.
A single dose costs $123,000 a pop.
The toddler was able to get the first dose of the crucial medication in August after the government agreed to pay for the first three doses after the father was arrested.
Tragically, Joao died after his condition got worse at home last week.
He was rushed to the hospital where he died of a heart attack, according to Gomes.
***One word for this father.
This story was originally published by The Sun.
He allegedly used the funds for a luxury trip after travelling from his home in Conselheiro Lafaiete to the city of Salvador in East Brazilian without his wife.
Joao Miguel died last week. Picture: CEN/AustralscopeSource:australscope
She allegedly discovered large amounts of money had been withdrawn and Alves was arrested on his luxury holiday.
It is believed Alves splashed some of the cash on watches, designer clothing, drinks, drugs and expensive aftershave.
Local media reported the suspect allegedly “invested” nearly $18,000 in a brothel in Conselheiro Lafaiete, but it is not clear if the funds came from the donation fund.
Investigator Daniel Gomes said Alves had been charged with larceny and material neglect of his family.
Gomes added:
He remains in detention. There has already been a hearing … the sentence is scheduled to be released next month.
It was reported the donation fund raised $358,000 for little Joao Miguel who desperately needed a medication called Spinraza to prevent the disease from advancing.
A single dose costs $123,000 a pop.
The toddler was able to get the first dose of the crucial medication in August after the government agreed to pay for the first three doses after the father was arrested.
Tragically, Joao died after his condition got worse at home last week.
He was rushed to the hospital where he died of a heart attack, according to Gomes.
***One word for this father.
This story was originally published by The Sun.
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