Disabled man who pretended to be a church pastor used images of terminally ill children to raise $41,000 for a fake charity Disabled man set up a charity to con charity donors out of at least $41,000 Christopher Ellingburg pleaded guilty to setting up the fake charity on Saturday He claimed the charity was for terminally ill children and that he was a pastor He used images of a ill children and asked passers-by to donate to the cause Ellingburg, who is morbidly obese, is due to reappear in court on March 6
By Laura Withers For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 06:30 GMT, 23 February 2019 | Updated: 06:30 GMT, 23 February 2019
Christopher Ellingburg faced Bendigo Magistrate Court (pictured) in Victoria on Saturday, and pleaded guilty
A disabled man has conned donors out of $41,000, after setting up a fake charity he claimed was to support terminally ill children.
Christopher Ellingburg Bendigo Magistrate Court in Victoria on Saturday, and pleaded guilty to creating a fake charity.
The court heard the shocking details of Ellingburg's twisted scam, in which he pretended to be a religious pastor and used an images of a terminally ill toddler and other sick children to
