The West Virginia clan branded “America’s most inbred family” have claimed two YouTubers who promised to help them instead pocketed more than $100,000 in cash intended to help the poverty-stricken family.

State police have begun investigating Lawrence “Eric” Carroll, 41, of Georgia, and John “Patrick” Roark, 46, of Odd, after fans sent money and gifts meant for the Whittaker family.

The Beckley Detachment announced last month on Facebook it had opened a probe into a “fraudulent scheme that involves money and merchandise being sent to the Whittaker family.”

Both men denied wrongdoing to The Post.

The Whittakers became internet famous in 2020 after a documentary showed their severe disabilities and the conditions inside their collapsing home in Odd, about 80 miles south of Charleston

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