"Woman who faked son’s cancer gets probation" KUSA-TV November 26, 2014
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — A suburban Denver woman who collected tens of thousands of dollars in charitable contributions after lying about her 6-year-old son having cancer was sentenced Tuesday to five years of probation and 90 nights in jail.
But when it comes to tax loot, lies, and wars fought by this government....
A judge ordered Sandy Nguyen, of Aurora, to start serving 90 days of work release in two weeks. She will work during the day and then report back to jail at night, KUSA-TV reported.
Nguyen pleaded guilty in September to charitable fraud and child abuse.
Police say she convinced her son, family, and others that the boy had leukemia and had been receiving treatment since about September 2012. According to court documents, she posted detailed updates about her son’s purported treatments on Facebook.
The scheme began to unravel after a doctor in the oncology department at Children’s Hospital Colorado became suspicious after overhearing Ngyuen telling people that her son was being treated there.
Various community and school fund-raisers raised some $25,000 for the family. Police said $23,000 in cash was found in her closet and Nguyen had used other money to pay for a trip to Disneyland.
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Also see: Ozarowski's Odd Odyssey
Somehow they all ended up in Di$neyland.
