An Australian woman was sentenced Tuesday to two-and-a-half years in jail for faking a cancer diagnosis to collect more than $100,000 in disability payments. According to the New Castle Star, Hanna Dickinson, 27, fraudulently claimed to have leiomyosarcoma (LMS), a rare cancer that affects organ mucles, to receive disability benefits between January 2014 and October …
The longtime doctor also falsified records to induce pregnant patients’ labor to earlier than what is recommended
A Michigan woman lost her job, husband, and $30,000 all within 13 days. NBC 12 reports Christina Ihlenfeldt said she now feels foolish after falling for a Best Buy “Geek Squad” scam. Her husband, Bob, passed away on August 6. On August 17, she lost her job. On August 19, a message alerted on Bob’s …
Police say a Florida man lied about the details of his 3-year-old daughter’s abduction when he claimed someone snatched her from his driveway Monday morning after he briefly walked inside his home. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lester Mejia told authorities that his daughter, Madeline Mejia, was taken from his car, parked in the driveway of …
A Massachusetts woman who works as a palm reader cheated a mother out of $71,000 by claiming a demon had possessed her 10-year-old daughter, according to authorities. Somerset Police said in a statement that they began investigating Tracey Milanovich, 37, on December 17, after one of her clients alleged she tricked them into handing over …
A Pennsylvania woman who garnered more than $10,000 after claiming she had cancer was criminally charged after it was revealed that she had been lying about her ailment, according to reports. An investigation that started in June resulted in Jessica Smith’s arrest on Monday on receiving stolen property and theft charges. Smith, 32, is accused …
Authorities in Utah and Arizona have criminally charged an Arizona public official for allegedly operating a trafficking ring that involved transporting pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. to give birth, then paying them to give their babies up for adoption. Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen—who is also an adoption attorney licensed in …
California police arrested two women this week, accusing them of racking up nearly $1 million in Target purchases by posing as IRS agents and demanding their victims pay in gift cards from the big box store, the San Bernardino Sun reported. Fontana Police arrested Ailing Lu, 25, of Los Angeles and Ji Hyun Lee, 25, …
A Washington mother says two people showed up at her front door claiming to be social workers and knew her son’s name and date of birth. KSN reports that Jessi McCombs said a man and woman, both dressed professionally, knocked on her apartment door at a Marysville complex and attempted to take her 4-year-old son. …
A Pennsylvania couple faces numerous charges after police say they faked the birth and death of a child who never existed, in an attempt to scam people out of charitable donations. According to a criminal complaint, Kaycee and Geoffrey Lang claimed their newborn son died hours after birth at the Conemaugh Health System in Johnstown …
Money stolen from the elderly couple reportedly included reparations given to the grandmother for the Holocaust
A father in Oregon who admitted to stealing his daughter’s Girl Scout cookie sales to get an erotic massage learned his fate in court on Monday. In a press release, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office announced that Brian Couture, 40, was ordered to serve 80 hours of community service for initiating a false report. …
