Federal charges for Shelby County woman who faked cancer
A Shelby County woman who faked a terminal cancer diagnosis to bilk her friends and family out of money now faces Federal charges and is in Federal custody.
Jennifer Cataldo, who APR exposed as a scam artist in May, now faces Federal wire fraud charges, according to an indictment unsealed earlier this month.
The complaint, filed in US District Court in the Northern District of Alabama, alleged Cataldo falsely claimed she had terminal brain cancer in order to bilk her family and friends out of more than $100,000 in personal donations and accepted payouts from two GoFundMe accounts totaling nearly $40,000.
In a letter written to a Deputy Attorney General and filed in Shelby County Circuit Court last week, Cataldo essentially admitted to her crimes and asked the court to remove $1,800 from her bank account and use it to repay some of her victims.
Read more: http://www.alreporter.com/2017/06/21/federal-charges-shelby-county-woman-faked-cancer/
