I don't understand, JP.
I expect that the girl who set up this fund is genuine and sincerely hopes to support her hero, Amaral.
My question isn't about her, but is more general: can anyone set up a gofundme account and raise and send money in this day and age without it being questioned anywhere?
Aside from potential laundering scrutiny, wouldn't there be a tax liability or two somewhere along the line?
Why would there be? If I were to say Carana, my dear, I really like you (I do) and I want to give you £1000 (Not going to happen - sorry) - there are no tax consequences for either of us.
I cannot claim any tax relief (it is not wholly / necessarily / exclusive) in relation to a trade or profession and you are not a charity - I am paying you the money as a gift (not in return for some service - don't go there...) so you have no tax liability. There is no VAT liability. There may be some transfer tax - but the amounts are way below the limit.
Leanne is merely acting as a collecting agent -so not liable.
There may possibly be some money laundering issues if the value of a single transaction were more than 15k euros. But as this is a gift, and transactions are channelled through a bank - very very unlikely.
The only issues that I can see would be if Leanne took the money (over 10k euros) cross border in cash without declaring it.
So that's the position - you may not like it but there you go