The Calgary man who says his neck was sliced by barbed wire while riding on a popular mountain bike trail in West Bragg Creek has had his online fundraising campaign frozen amid complaints about his story. Stelianos Psaroudakis had been asking for $8,000 in donations through GoFundMe, a popular crowdfunding website, but the campaign has now been suspended. Rachel Hollis, a GoFundMe spokesperson, said Psaroudakis "removed the campaign" himself and the company has frozen any funds he has raised to date, pending further investigation. In June, he launched a separate GoFundMe campaign asking for money to help get his Chihuahua back, saying the pet had escaped his home and had been impounded by the City of Calgary. A screenshot of a GoFundMe campaign shared from Stelianos Psaroudakis's Facebook account in May 2016 to raise funds to help "rebuild Fort McMurray."

Source: CBC News July 12, 2017 22:30 UTC