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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 05:57 PM Aug 2017

Mom Faked Toddler's Cancer, Let Him Have Opioids and Raised $40,000 on His Behalf

Source: TIME

(CINCINNATI) — A woman has been accused of pretending to be a doctor and falsely claiming her preschool-age son had terminal cancer so he could receive unnecessary hospital care and opioids.

A Hamilton County prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday at the trial of Monika Burgett that she convinced doctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center that she was a doctor while they cared for her 3-year-old son.

Assistant prosecutor Anne Flanagan said Burgett also used the GoFundMe fundraising website to raise $40,000 on her son's behalf. Flanagan said Burgett had the boy's eyebrows and head shaved and then took photos of him to post on the site.

GoFundMe will issue refunds to people who gave money to Burgett if it turns out she misused the fundraising campaign and scammed them, a site spokesman said.

Read more: http://time.com/4895911/mother-faked-sons-cancer-go-fund-me



um... yeah...

This woman is fucking sick and dare I say, evil.
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Mom Faked Toddler's Cancer, Let Him Have Opioids and Raised $40,000 on His Behalf (Original Post) Blue_Tires Aug 2017 OP
Munchausen's by proxy syndrome? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #1
Goal of Munchausen by proxy is to get attention, not money. LisaL Aug 2017 #7
This article says it was both fraud and Munchausen's. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #8
Ah, the hands-on type of parenting we just don't see anymore Doug the Dem Aug 2017 #2
Prison period Watchfoxheadexplodes Aug 2017 #3
that little one needs a new mom Equinox Moon Aug 2017 #4
I was expecting that she was stealing the opioids but that does not show. keithbvadu2 Aug 2017 #5
You mean the article doesn't say that? I'd bet she surely did ... either for her, or to sell ... mr_lebowski Aug 2017 #10
I think it's the old issue of Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #11
"This woman is fucking sick and dare I say, evil." Liberalagogo Aug 2017 #6
My pick for "worst person of the week" easily. Initech Aug 2017 #9

keithbvadu2

(36,369 posts)
5. I was expecting that she was stealing the opioids but that does not show.
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 06:53 PM
Aug 2017

I was expecting that she was stealing the opioids but that does not show.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
10. You mean the article doesn't say that? I'd bet she surely did ... either for her, or to sell ...
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 11:59 PM
Aug 2017

Kinda ingenious little scheme, I'll give her that. Evil, no doubt ... but ... pretty clever and took some balls, so to speak.

I wonder how much unnecessary treatment the kid got esp. what harmful meds he was given. How does a HOSPITAL get 'taken' like this though?

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
11. I think it's the old issue of
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 10:02 AM
Aug 2017

"The worse you've been duped, the less likely you are to speak out"...

I'm pretty sure some people knew earlier, but they weren't going to rock the boat...

 

Liberalagogo

(1,770 posts)
6. "This woman is fucking sick and dare I say, evil."
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 07:11 PM
Aug 2017

So which post is she going to taking over in the RUMP admin?

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