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Woman Gets Prison Time for Faking Cancer

By Baker Associates

A Chattanooga woman named Keele Maynor is facing three years in prison and ten years of probation after pleading guilty to multiple charges of fraud in connection with a scheme in which the lady pretended to have cancer in order to elicit sympathy, favors, and money. The scheme appears to have been a successful one at the outset, with Ms. Maynor reportedly acquiring vacation days from her co-workers, donations from churches and booster clubs, and a fund set up by her friends that she could dip into any time she needed money to battle her illness. All in all, Ms. Maynor received in excess of $50,000 worth of donations as a result of the scheme. As often happens, however, Ms. Maynor started to feel guilty about the situation and eventually confessed to those around her.continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on July 27, 2010 (boomark / email).