Politics in this story?...........Really?

schoolyard

Time served....B.S. She should have to do community service in a cancer ward!!

Would you really want someone like her volunteering on a cancer ward? She might rob them and who knows what else.

I think the fact that her name, her foto has been plastered all over the net, tv, the papers is a form of punishment for her on top of the two mths she served. However, I do think she should have at least gotten one to three years in jail, and then another 3 years probation on top of doing another year cleaning up the rubbish on the highways.

Only sentencing her to time served is absurd. This woman is guilty of grand larceny through deception, she should have gotten at least a couple of years or as a minimum a hefty number of hours of community service. The judge basically let her off with a slap on the wrist. These judges do not seem to realize the damage these scammers do to those who really are sick and need help. Every time one of these scams is exposed it makes people think twice before donating to someone who says they are seriously ill. This makes it much harder for those who truly are sick to get the charitable assistance they so sorely need. These scams need to be taken more seriously be the justice system and the true impact of the scams looked at in determining sentencing. The scam does not only hurt those directly scammed by this woman, it hurts every person out there with a legitimate need who will now have trouble getting help.

Where was the bridegroom while she was doing all this fundraising? Of course, he knew nothing about it until their marriage was breaking up. I think he got special dispensation because he ratted her out in a fit of anger.

@flowerchild - the article says that he divorced her because he found out. That is why he contacted the press. Taken at face value, it sounds like he was duped as well.

I have to agree w you schoolyard, with the added whatever is appropriate for fraud/theft!

Folks, calm down, she also got sentenced to community service. She must do a whole 300 hrs of CS in addition to her less than 2 mos served and repayment of stolen money/services. After all she was only charged with 6 FELONIES and 1 MISDEMEANOR. I guess I know where to move to if I ever want to change my career to being a criminal.

give her organs to people with cancer who need them.

flowerchild / leokev: how much would you wager that he married her because she declared to him that she had cancer (and may have added she wouldn't be here much longer)? When having the child to get him to marry her didn't work, she resorted to something else: lying about the state of her health.

No: the article doesn't SAY that, but who would marry someone knowing that they didn't have cancer yet collected money for the wedding/honeymoon for it (besides a criminal, that is)? After finding out the ruse, where he was played upon too, he divorced her and called her out publicly - and rightfully so.

Love (IF that's what you'd call it) .... who can explain it?

Hey flowerchild, he probably turned states evidence. Just a thought

Len Dane: I think you are probably right. He surely would have wondered where the money for the wedding and honeymoon came from.

Wow, she is one messed up chick. If you thought you had issues or your spouse or whomever had issues, think again. This gal is whack and has really messed up her life. Anytime anyone googles her name, this is going to pop up.

What a fine example this Judge has made out of her- Can scam, but just be prepared to pay them back. Lesson learned. /sigh How many people sitting in our prison system wished they could have appeared before this judge??

One of the most disheartening impacts of such an act is that it will serve as a deterrent to any who might otherwise be moved to contribute to some needy cause for fear of being scammed. Therefore, she has not only hurt those who contributed but, anyone in a similar situation who might really need help. This women is a prime example of self serving scum. Her boyfriend needs to be wary of this money hungry b&*^$.

People like her are the reason I do not donate to individual "causes."

To Miss Vega (...and I hear that you, indeed, are, once again, "Miss Vega"):

You are a truly tacky broad.

I have to say as a Cancer survivor I really disagree with what the judge let her get away with. With all the things that we go though from the treatments , loosing your hair for some of us and loosing body parts, and not to mention the emotional state that we go though and having to tell your family members and this girl gets away with just two months in jail and yeah so what she is paying all the money back wow what is that compared to people losing their family members to CANCER and says she had it just to have a beautiful wedding well lets see get a job and save your money like everyone else does.............GOD WILL GET HER IN HIS OWN WAY AND I HOPE THAT ITS THE RIGHT PUNISHMENT THAT HE GIVES HER

Boy, I hope her ex-husband and father of her child had sense enough to go after full custody.

What a greasy, low-life, b*tch. If there is karma, maybe she actually gets the big C.

Mrkwildcat

All those dead people are still twice as smart as the tea party voters and three times as smart as the tea party candidates. They also look and smell better and unlike tea party voters don't breed with livestock.

She pretty much pulled a Madoff, yet got a slap on the wrist... oh, I forgot, she's a woman! Women are such fragile, innocent beings. Just like those women who murder off 3 of their spouses before they even start to see charges against them. Gender equality my big, fat, hairy rump...

In the Liberal state of NY...go figure...Oh wait, libs are to willing to steal others money to redistribute. Seems to me they probably enlisted her to help the defunct Accorn group get all of those dead people registered for November!

Another conservative spewing nonsense. LOL!

she is his baby mommy.

Because they are just as stupid as their son who married her.

Perhaps he is thinking of their child...... I think it is a very honorable gesture on his part. Too bad the child's mother has no honor, hopefully he will be able to be the greater influence.

Many who she scammed will not be donating to anyone else, all because she thought it was a great way to get what she wanted. Too bad for the women in her area that really do have cancer; because this selfish woman not only committed fraud, she made things tougher for people who actually have cancer.

If she has a license she should have been sentenced to chauffering cancer patients to and from their treatments!

I think 'her family' was a reference to HER SIDE of the family - like her mother, her father, her siblings, etc. I doubt after what she pulled his side of the family would welcome her into their home, though I could be wrong.

If he's really not a part of the fraud, then he should sue for full custody and kick her out to the curb!!! Or maybe he is a lot more forgiving then most of us would be!

Sorry, blonde moment- I found the restitution part.

Blonde moment. Funny :)

They happen often ; )

speaking of a blonde moment, I heard of a blonde who went to the doctor and he told her she was pregnant. She replied, "doctor, are you sure it is mine".

Thanks Nikki I think I have heard them all- but still funny!

Ok can't help myself. Blonde sitting in the dentist chair is told by her dentist "The tooth has to be pulled." The blonde replies "Pulled.....I'd rather be pregnant". Dentist says "Make up your mind I'll have to adjust the chair"!!!!

Ok I never heard that one- pretty funny stuff! We all need comic relief once in a while.

Srich,

Everyone needs humor!

Was her name Kathy? Did she fake ovarian cancer?

double post, sorry

Good one Steveo!

As ugly. She is fugly !

fraud....and potentially larceny.

Depends on how much money you have. Its only fraud if you're not a politician. Back in the 50s, one U.S. senator said "Never underestimate the gullibility of the American citizen". Everybody of my generation remembers the immortal words of P.T. Barnum "there's a sucker born every minute". I apologize to any suckers I may have offended - really.

Hey David,Sure is! It's called FRAUD. Plain & simple! & depending on the amount defrauded it can be a misdemeanor or a Felony! Why the judge didn't hand her, her Arse is beyond me!

Her dowry?

Lol...that face needs to come with a dowry!

He was also the one who dropped the dime and divorced her over it, take that as you will.

I take that as a smart guy who came up with some cash very quickly to be left out of the potential charge.

thought I read a while back that she fooled him too, but not sure.

You got that right , if it had been a man committing fraud like that he would have gotten 3 years in jail and 2 or 3 yrs community servise .

I agree w/you ragefanjr. I also lost both my folks and my oldest sister to cancer! Keep her in community service at any cancer ward for an extreme amount of time. It'll teach her a valuble lesson, and possibly teach her a skill that would benefit patients and her. GOD knows we need all the help we can get in the cancer wards!!!

I would imagine that you are wrong about not learning anything while in jail. I am told it is an excellent place to learn better tricks of the trade (ie: how to be a better criminal and not get caught next time).

I'm so very sorry for your family. Cancer has ravaged my family too.

The woman is a sociopath.