0 Action 9 investigates Orange County man's charity website for Steven Avery

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - A charity with ties to an Orange County man may be trying to cash in on a controversial murder case, Action 9 learned.

The site says it’s raising money for Steven Avery from the hit documentary "Making a Murderer," which premiered on Netflix.

Channel 9’s Todd Ulrich found out the Avery family says it’s not legitimate, but the charity is still collecting donations.

The popular documentary left many viewers feeling Avery deserved another trial.

Many websites have collected donations to help him.

Ellie Plenty, who lives in Great Britain, said she wanted to contribute to Avery’s cause.

“I think you would have to be kind of dead inside not to want to help this family really,” she said.

But when she found stevenavery.org, she suspected something wasn’t right.

She found ties between the website and Mark Adamczyk, who lives in Orange County.

She called Central Florida’s Better Business Bureau and Action 9, saying it appeared someone was cashing in on a hot topic.

“When I Google that, I discovered another domain site linked to the same guy and I started to smell a rat,” she said.

The website's registered address was in South Orange County and led to a condominium listed under M. Adamczyk.

The BBB also linked stevenavery.org's registration to Adamczyk.

“We are not able to find it attached to any nonprofit or charity. So far there is no accountability for the money,” said Holly Salmons, president of the BBB.

When Ulrich made a $5 donation, the credit card charge showed up as “Mark paypal.”

Ulrich contacted Steven Avery's lead defense attorney, Dean Strang, who said he thinks the site is illegitimate.

The Florida attorney general has one complaint.

Ulrich interviewed Adamczyk at the security gate entrance.

When Ulrich brought up the site, Adamczyk told him he would have to call him on his office phone.

Adamczyk never returned Ulrich’s calls.

In an email response, he said his company only built and administered the website for someone else and said he did nothing wrong.

Adamczyk also claimed the woman who called Action 9 and others harassed him with phony allegations.

Adamczyk would not name the company he’s working with, but said he has not received donations.

He also claimed he created other legitimate websites to raise money for causes.